Kirk
Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kirk
Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8736
Site Number ND25NE 6
NGR ND 2862 5925
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8736
- Council Highland
- Parish Bower
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25NE 6 2862 5925.
(ND 2862 5925) Kirk (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1906)
The site of an old kirk. The sect is unknown, but it is generally supposed that the district name 'Kirk' derives from this site.
Name Book 1871.
The site of an old chapel can still be seen at Kirk. (See also ND25NE 9 for earlier site.)
D Beaton 1909.
No remains exist at this site.
Visited by OS (R D L) 23 April 1963.
(ND 2862 5925) Chapel (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
There is no evidence of a chapel at ND 2862 5925. Close by, at ND 2847 5916 in an arable field there is a roughly rectangular, turf-covered stony mount 20.5 by 5.0m and 0.5m high. It is believed by the farmer
(G MacAdie, Roadside, Kirk) and others in the area to be the remains of a chapel. There is an indication, possibly fortuitous, of a longitudinal wall on the E side, and distinct remains of short stretches of lateral walling protruding through the turf on the mound. No plan can be determined from this scant evidence. The present remains neither confirm nor deny an ecclesiastical use for the structure. The OS published site is assumed in the locality to be erroneous.
Visited by OS (J B) 19 March 1982.
