St Regulus's Chapel

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(NH 7944 6709) St. Regulus's Chapel (NR)

OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 1st ed., (1871).

St. Regulus's Chapel (NR) (No detail)

OS 6" map, (1959)

Of St. Regulus's or St. Rule's Chapel only the foundations remain. In the 16th century it was a high-gabled building with a mausoleum attached to its west gable.

Whether this was a Celtic foundation dedicated to the 6th century Riagal (Lat. Regulus) of Mucinis (March 30th) or a Roman Catholic dedication to Regulus, a 4th century Greek monk (Oct. 16th), is not known.

H Miller 1835; W F Skene 1863; H Scott et al 1915-61; W J Watson 1926; G Mackennzie 1958.

There is no trace of St. Regulus's Chapel, but local tradition has it that it stood at the NE end of the graveyard which is still in use. The U-shaped ruin showed on the OS 25" map is the entrance to an underground mausoleum.

Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (N K B), 28 January 1966.

Cromarty Court House Museum preserves an annotated sketch plan and view of the chapel ruins, dated 30 September 1815.

See image on Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN) (entry 000-000-598-760-R).

(Undated) information in NMRS.