Archaeology Notes

Event ID 872688

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS16SW 7 11012 60563.

(NS 1102 6055) Chapel (NAT).

OS 6" map (1957)

This small T-shaped building, now a mausoleum, with an associated graveyard, was built in the 17th century as the family chapel of the Marquis of Bute (Name Book 1863). It is noted in OPS (1854) as "at one timee used as the parish church during the residence of the proprietor". Mr J Thomson (teacher, Kingarth) states that it is built on the site of the original parish church of Kingarth (see NS15NW 6), and Mr Grant (teacher, Rothesay) alleges that it occupies the site of "an ancient chapel". Neither of the Muirs (W Muir, factor; Mr Muir, farmer at Barone Park), who were interested in antiquarian research, had ever heard of any tradition relating to a chapel site here.

SDD List, undated

A neat church, sometime the parochial one but disused as as not being central for the people. At present it makes a very genteel and convenient chapel for the family.

J Blain 1818 in Ross 1880.

During the years 1724 to 1740 a new kirk for Kingarth was built by the parishioners at Mount Stuart but no title having been granted it was taken by the Third Marquess of Bute to form a mausoleum.

H Scott 1923.

A mausoleum as described in the previous information There is no record of a previous chuch or chapel having stood on this site (Stuart family archives, Mountstuart, Bute).

Visited by OS (BS) 26 November 1976.

This disused chapel and burial ground stands within the policies of Mount Stuart, close to the coast about 1km NNE of the mansion NS15NW 10. The building was not recorded in detail on the date of visit, but the burial ground to the S contains members of the Crichton-Stuart family in its E part and Mount Stuart house staff in the W. The site is called 'Scoulag Church' on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, sheet CCIV).

Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 19 May 2009.