Inverness, Chapel Street, St Mary's Chapel
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inverness, Chapel Street, St Mary's Chapel
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Inverness, Chapel Street, Chapel Yard; Chapelyard
Canmore ID 13367
Site Number NH64NE 17
NGR NH 6647 4571
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13367
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64NE 17 6647 4571
(NH 6647 4571) Chapel Yard {NAT}
OS 6" map,(1938)
'Chapel Yard (Burial Ground) Applies to a large burying ground in Chapel Street. It was the yard of the chapel which belonged to a Franciscan, or as the OSA (OSA 1793) maintains Dominican Monastery, established here in the reign of Alexander II. At present there is not the slightest vestige remaining of either of these two objects - Cromwell having removed every stone of them for building of a citadel near the mouth of the river, neither can their site be pointed out by any of the inhabitants of the town'.
OSA 1793; Name Book 1868.
St.Mary's Chapel situated within the Chapel Yard. In a deed of 1359 certain lands were gifted to the chapel at Inverness of the blessed Virgin Mary.
C Fraser-Mackintosh 1893.
'Chapel Yard' (Burial ground) is still in use, but no trace of St.Mary's Chapel was found.
Visited by OS (W D J) 30 March 1960.
Continuing the work carried out previously (Farrell 1997), a photographic survey to enhance a number of sites which had previously been partly recorded was conducted, including:
NH 6647 4571 Chapel Yard, Inverness.
A full report is lodged with Highland SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
S Farrell 1998.
NH64NE 17.00 6647 4571
NH64NE 17.01 66459 45644 Gatepiers
