Chapelton
Burial Ground (Period Unknown), Chapel (Period Unknown), Well (Period Unknown)
Site Name Chapelton
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unknown), Chapel (Period Unknown), Well (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 16021
Site Number NJ13SE 1
NGR NJ 1782 3030
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16021
- Council Moray
- Parish Inveravon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century sources describe a church or chapel which once stood on the west bank of the River Avon, about 250m south-east of Chapelton steading. The Old Statistical Account of 1794 suggested that at that date several burials were still evident, some of which were marked with headstones.
The remains of the chapel measure about 11.5m by 4m and are defined by grass-covered foundations. Traces of a possible enclosing wall have been traced to the north-east. About 30m to the north-west is a well, fed by a nearby spring, and enclosed by a rough masonry wall. There are no obvious surviving traces of any graves.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ13SE 1 1782 3030 and 1780 3033.
(NJ 1782 3030) Chapel (NR). (Remains of).
Chapel Well (NR).
OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1905)
Foundations of a chapel and traces of graves, at Chapelton of Kilnmaichlie. Adjoining is a spring called Chapel Well.
New Statistical Account (NSA, written by Rev W Asher) 1845; Name Book 1869.
The grass-covered foundations of a building were located in a coppice close by a stream. The footings, which protrude through a grassy bank, 3.0m wide and 0.6m high, give a measurement for the building of c.11.5m x 4.0m, with orientation NE/SW. At the NE side, there are vague traces of a grass-covered wall, which may have been the remains of an annexe or part of a graveyard wall. No trace of gravestones was found in the vicinity of the building. Some 30.0m NW of the building there is a well, partly covered and enclosed by rough masonry, which itself is 7.0m NW of the point where the natural spring issues. Nothing is known locally concerning the dedication of the chapel.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R B) 31 August 1966.
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
Address: Chapelton of Kilnmaichlie
Postcode: AB37 9AL
Status: Abandoned
Size: Unknown
Polygon: No
TOIDs: 1000000172459260 (site)
Number of gravestones: Not known
Earliest gravestone: Not known
Most recent gravestone: Not known
Description: Graveyard associated with a chapel. No traces remain.
Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 22 June 2005
