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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 713719
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/713719
NT29SE 1 2536 9378.
(NT 2536 9379) Chapel (NR) (Supposed site of)
OS 6" map, (1938)
Probable site of chapel indicated many years ago by 'oldmen'. Seven urns, some containing human bones, found when making a garden well.
Name Book 1854.
Saint Ninian's Chapel is mentioned in 1563 and 1582, but it is not clear whether the references are to a chapel of the village of Chapel.
L MacBean 1908.
No further information about chapel or urns was encountered during field investigation. Site now located in a disused quarry.
Visited by OS (J D) 2 October 1954.
