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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 715138
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/715138
NT27SE 1.03 25152 73501
St Margaret's Chapel (NR).
OS 1:500 plan, (1895).
Name changed from St Maru's Kirk. Demolished in the 18th Century, Mediaeval foundation associated with the Canons House at Holyrood.
OS 230'C'.
St. Margaret's Chapel, founded more than eight centuries ago, is the most ancient building in the Citadel. It stands on the highest part of the Castle Rock and was used as a 'Gunner's Storehouse' after the Reformation.
J S Richardson and M Wood 1948.
Architectural evidence suggests that the Chapel was built by one or other of Queen Margaret's younger sons, Alexander or David (11th) Restored in 1845....(RCAHMS 1951).
D Wilson 1887.
(NT 2515 7350) Still stands in good condition.
Visited by OS (JLD) 29 December 1953.
As described in previous field report
Visited by OS (SFS) 10 November 1975.
St Margaret's Chapel [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
