Archaeology Notes

Event ID 663490

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH77NW 9 7498 7612.

(NH 7498 7612) Church (NAT) (In Ruins) on Site of Chapel (NR)

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

At Marybank there is a ruined church. Its walls are practically intact, with the exception of the south wall, which is broken down.

The body of the church is a somewhat narrow parallel-ogram, from the northern side of which projects a gabled wing. The church is thought to be pre-Reformation, although the north wing appears to be of considerably later date than the rest of the church. The unenclosed grave- yard contains many stones. One of them is dated 1593, but the date is not thought to be original.

ISSFC 1902.

A post-Reformation church on the site of a pre- Reformation chapel. The church has been in disuse since 1767, but the surrounding burial ground is still in use.

Name Book 1873.

This church is as generally described above, but only the W and N gables now stand to roof height, ie. c.6.0m. The other walls vary in height from 0.5 to 2.0m, and are up to 0.8m thick.

About a dozen grave slabs can still be seen in the burial ground, but none have legible dates.

Visited by OS (R D L) 19 May 1963.