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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 707954
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/707954
NS98NE 11 9921 8606.
(NS 9921 8606) St Mungo's Chapel (NR) (remains of)
OS 6"map, (1967)
This chapel, dedicated to St Mungo, was founded in 1503 by Robert Blackadder, Archbishop of Glasgow. It probably took the place of an earlier foundation, the site being where it is traditionally said St Thenew gave birth to St Mungo (H Scott {Fasti Eccles Scot 1925} 1915-61) Excavations in 1926 exposed its plan as two-chambered, measuring 55' E-W by 20' within walls 2'8" thick. The S side of the building has been removed to make way for a boundary wall. Within the chancel is a stone bowl which could be either a font or a knocking stone.
RCAHMS 1933; H Scott (Fasti Eccles Scot) 1915-61.
The scant remains of this chapel are much overgrown; the maximum height of the walls is 2.3m. The E end is apsidal with a renovated altar in the centre. The remains of a window are in the NE angle of the apse, while the entrance is in the W end.
Visited by OS (M H) 7 July 1953.
