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Bracorina
Chapel (Period Unassigned), School (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bracorina
Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned), School (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bracorina, School
Canmore ID 108608
Site Number NM79SW 10
NGR NM 72525 92772
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/108608
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Former Catholic Chapel adjoining west gable of house, 1832 , built with help of funds from Lord Lovat by Rev. Ranald Macdonell, who served Morar's remotest communities; converted to a school after 1889 (closed 1952).
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NM79SW 10 71557 92773
See also NM79SW 1.
A Roman Catholic chapel is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet cvi). A roofed building is shown at the same location on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974), but it is not annotated as a chapel.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 14 August 1996.
