St Catherine's Monastery
Monastery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Catherine's Monastery
Classification Monastery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Watten Manse
Canmore ID 8734
Site Number ND25NE 4
NGR ND 2536 5697
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8734
- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25NE 4 2536 5697
(ND 2536 5697) St Catherine's Monastery (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1906)
Part of the foundation of a monastery dedicated to St Catherine of Sienna might have been seen near the established church manse about 1850. There are no records to be had of it and the last remains were removed by Rev A Gunn (Free Church Manse).
Name Book 1871.
The traditional site of a monastery dedicated to St Catherine.
D Beaton 1909.
No remains of the monastery exist.
Visited by OS (R D L), 23 April 1963.
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B), 18 March 1982.
