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Field Visit
Date 2006
Event ID 611866
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/611866
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As part of ACFA's continuing survey of the Isle of Raasay the remains of the 13th-century chapel were surveyed and recorded. The different style and construction of the window opening on the W wall from those at the E of the building were noted and it is suggested that the W end is a second, later stage of development and that the orignal eastern part could be of an arlier date than previously thought.
An inventory was made of the stones and the markers surrounding the chapel and the other structures in the graveyards were recorded. The Lady Chapel (Macleod Mausoleum) adjacent to the S wall of the chapel, previously thought to date from 1839, was found to have been described by James Boswell in 1773 during his visit to Raasay with Dr Johnson.
Other stones and monuments on Raasay were surveyed and also recorded:
NG 5532 3543 the Rasaay War Memorial
NG 5503 3700 German Stone
NG 5466 3676 Pictish stone
NG 5457 3630 Pictish carving
NG 5475 3675 Kit's Stone
NG 5454 3638 and NG 5480 3675 medieval cross bases
Reports lodged with drawings and photographs have been lodged with NMRS and Highland Council.
Sponsor: Glasgow Archaeological Society and CBA Challenge Funding
JS Wood and J Macdonald 2006
