Brahan House
Burial Ground (Period Unknown), Chapel (Period Unknown)
Site Name Brahan House
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unknown), Chapel (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Brahan Castle Policies
Canmore ID 12868
Site Number NH55SW 6
NGR NH 5085 5416
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12868
- Council Highland
- Parish Urray (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH55SW 6 5085 5416.
(NH 5085 5416) Chapel (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, (1938)
A burying ground, now disused, where there were the remains of a chapel but at present there is no trace of it.
Name Book 1876.
There is no trace of this alleged graveyard and chapel. The siting symbol occurs in an unsuitable boggy area. A more obvious site is approx 30 metres NW at NN 5083 5418 where there is a slightly raised oval area 33m N-S by 17m E-W with traces of walling around the NW arc. It supports several large trees.
Visited by OS (J B) 24 April 1975
Note (28 August 1943)
A chapel site marked on the bank of the Conan, SSW of Brahan Castle. A local resident reported that no structure or tombstones were visible, only the outline of an enclosure, and that the site is subject to damage by inundation.
Information from RCAHMS (AG) 28 August 1943.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Brahan Castle, Chapel NH 508 541 NH55SW 6
The Name Book records the former existence of a chapel and burial-ground.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 6, p. 73)
