Archaeology Notes

Event ID 660429

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH54NW 14 53889 49214

(NH 5389 4921) Mausoleum formerly a Chapel (NR)

OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

See also NH54NW 99.

The church of the former parish of Kilchrist or Tarradale, united with Urray in 1574. It was dedicated to Our Lord and known as Cill Chriosd, and is traditionally said to have been burnt in 1603. The church was re-roofed c. 1870 and is now the mausoleum of the MacKenzies of Ord.

H Scott 1928; D MacDonald, A Polson and J Brown 1931; A MacDonald and A MacDonald 1900.

'The Old Church of Kilchrist', roofed, in reasonable condition, and still used as a mausoleum. The burial ground is still in use. Photo.

Visited by OS (A A) 24 June 1975.

Mausoleum

formerly Old Church of KIlchrist

Graveyard [NAT]

OS (GIS) Mastermap, April 2010.