Gartymore
Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Gartymore
Classification Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 7490
Site Number ND01SW 1
NGR ND 0125 1427
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7490
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
ND01SW 1 0125 1427.
(ND 9125 1427) Chapel (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1963)
There is a chapel site at Gartymore. Its dedication has been forgotten, but said, only by Cooke (1810), to be dedicated to St Inan.
G A Cooke 1810; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; H F Campbell 1920.
"The chapel was built by Magdalen Baillie Countess of Sutherland. After the tower of Helmsdale had been demolished Margaret Baillie lived in the boundes of Easter Garty in a solitary and quiet place, which she had built for her devotion.... The ruins of the chapel are still recollected".
R Gordon 1813.
Site of Chapel - "In ancient times a chapel was said to have stood here but there is nothing to mark the site now but a heap of stones. It does not appear to have had a dedicatory name and there is nothing known about the date of its erection".
Name Book 1871.
At this spot is a rectangular mound of stones 6.5m by 3.8m by 1.4m high, having the appearance of building debris. The footings of possibly a dressed stone wall can be seen on the north side of the mound, which lies with its main axis almost due E-W. Nothing else was seen in the area. There is not sufficient evidence to classify as "remains of".
Visited by OS (W D J) 27 May 1960.
No change since report of 27 May 1960. This heap of stones is still known locally as the site of a chapel.
Visited by OS (J B) 8 May 1976.
