St Finnbar's Chapel, Berriedale
Burial Ground (Medieval)(Possible), Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name St Finnbar's Chapel, Berriedale
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval)(Possible), Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Berriedale Water
Canmore ID 8074
Site Number ND12SW 16
NGR ND 11 22
NGR Description ND c. 11 22
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12SW 16 c. 11 22
See also ND12SW 36.
Traditionally there was another chapel and burial ground (see ND12SW 36) in which grave slabs could be seen (Cordiner 1788) at Berriedale (ND 1122), said to have been the home of St Finnbarr, and located in a green spot (? Cnoc Fionn: ND 106 237) on the banks of the Berriedale Water, not very far from the high road between Halmsdale and Wick.
C Cordiner 1795; D Beaton 1909; A B Scott 1915.
Scott (1915) claims that St Finbar had a church at Berriedale, but the evidence does not seen conclusive
W D Simpson 1935; A B Scott 1915.
