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Newton, Tain

Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Chapel (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Site Name Newton, Tain

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Chapel (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 15321

Site Number NH88SW 3

NGR NH 84543 81436

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Tain
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH88SW 3 8454 8144.

(NH 8454 8144) Chapel (NR) (Remains of)

OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

Remains of a chapel said to have been erected in the 16th century. The walls are now almost at ground level. The surrounding graveyard was used up 1832.

Name Book 1871.

The remains of a chapel measuring 11.8m E-W by 5.0m with turf-covered walls of 0.7m maximum height and about 1.5m thick. The entrance is marked by a gap towards the W end of the S wall. The overgrown graveyard is featureless and its boundary wall is scarcely traceable.

Visited by OS (I S S) 6 September 1972.

Activities

Field Visit (November 1978)

Newton, Chapel NH 845 814 NH88SW 3

Only the lower walls remain of a chapel, which is said to date from the 16th century and which was in use as a burial-ground until 1832. No gravestones are visible but the site stands within an irregular enclosure.

RCAHMS 1979, visited November 1978

(Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 29, p. 98)

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