Bute, Acholter
Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Bute, Acholter
Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 40314
Site Number NS06NE 7
NGR NS 057 668
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40314
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06NE 7 057 668.
Cranslagmarie, Crios-lagmory (NS 061 671), in former times had a chapel, dedicated probably to the Virgin Mary. Its site was in "the Chapel-field" on Acholter farm (NS 057 668), where the foundations of a building are occasionally exposed by ploughing.
J K Hewison 1893
No further information. Enquiries at Acholter failed to find any knowledge of the "Chapel Field", but the field centred on NS 0535 6715 is known as "Church Field", obviously because of the church on its north side.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 January 1964
A chapel situated under Kames Castle (NS 063 675) is mentioned by Archdeacon Munro in 1549.
Orig Paroch Scot 1854; W Macfarlane 1908
Reference (16 December 1963)
Cranslagmarie, Crios-lagmory (NS 061 671), in former times had a chapel, dedicated probably to the Virgin Mary. Its site was in "the Chapel-field" on Acholter farm (NS 057 668), where the foundations of a building are occasionally exposed by ploughing.
Information from OS (DT) 12 October 1963
J K Hewison 1893
Field Visit (15 January 1964)
No further information. Enquiries at Acholter failed to find any knowledge of the "Chapel Field", but the field centred on NS 0535 6715 is known as "Church Field", obviously because of the church on its north side.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 January 1964
Desk Based Assessment (28 June 1976)
A chapel situated under Kames Castle (NS 063 675) is mentioned by Archdeacon Munro in 1549.
Information from OS (IF) 28 June 1976
Orig Paroch Scot 1854; W Macfarlane 1908
Note (28 April 2011)
There is no evidence to support Hewison’s suggestion that there was once a chapel on Acholter Farm (1893, 234). Further, there is there no proof that the foundations that were ‘occasionally exposed by ploughing’ were those of a chapel; nor is there any information about where on the farm those foundations were located. It is also unclear whether the chapel referred to by Hewison is the same chapel mentioned by Archdeacon Munro in 1549.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 28 April 2011.
