Bleachfield
Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bleachfield
Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Stainland
Canmore ID 8444
Site Number ND16NW 25
NGR ND 11 66
NGR Description ND c. 11 66
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8444
- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NW 25 11 66
There was a chapel a short distance to the SE of Thurso between Bleachfield (ND 115 665) and Stainland (ND 123 669) of which no trace can now be seen. "The chapel walls were standing at the beginning of the 19th century, and a man still living remembers 'a little God' or image which was still preserved when the roof had fallen in, and which the country people used to clothe with a little shirt on Christmas night.
The site is now a ploughed field (information from Dr Smith, Thurso).
J B Craven 1908; D Beaton 1908.
No trace of this chapel was found. No further information.
Visited by OS (E G C), 18 April 1962.
No change ot the preceeding report after local enquiries and visit on the ground.
Visited by OS (J M), 16 February 1982.
