Archaeology Notes

Event ID 728827

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX87NE 5 8739 7764

(NX 8739 7764) Chapel (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1957).

See also NX87NE 4.

Traditionally, a chapel called Angel Chapel (F R Coles 1893) stood here. No remains can now be traced, though the site is surrounded by an earth-and-stone bank (Name Book 1850). The bank, now in the form of a horse-shoe, encloses an area 85' N-S by 66'. It is very irregular in thickness, varying from 14'-20', and is 2'6" high, though obliterated on the N. There are many large stones in its composition.

RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911

The surface remains indicate that this has been a similar structure to the (palisaded) homestead at MacNaughton (NX87NE3). There is nothing in the appearance of the work to suggest that it is a chapel site.

RCAHMS typescript, visited 1951

The probable remains of a homestead, generally as described, its original shape having been mutilated by cultivation. It is still traditionally known as a chapel.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (DWR) 19 November 1973

No change to previous information.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (TRG) 30 May 1977.