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Dirlot, St Columba's Chapel

Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Medieval)

Site Name Dirlot, St Columba's Chapel

Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Dirlot Graveyard

Canmore ID 8263

Site Number ND14NW 4

NGR ND 1261 4869

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Halkirk
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND14NW 4 1261 4869.

(ND 1261 4869) St Columba's Chapel (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map, (1963)

Within the graveyard at Dirlot is the site of a chapel dedicated to St Columba, of which no vestige now remains.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.

No trace of this chapel was found within the graveyard at Dirlot.

Visited by OS (W D J) 11 April 1961.

Previous field report confirmed. Burials ceased in the graveyard early this century.

Visited by OS (J B) 1 March 1982.

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