St. Coomb's Kirk, Links Of Old Tain
Church (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name St. Coomb's Kirk, Links Of Old Tain
Classification Church (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 8834
Site Number ND26NW 9
NGR ND 2091 6829
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8834
- Council Highland
- Parish Olrig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND26NW 9 2091 6829.
(ND 2091 6829) St Coomb's Kirk (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
About 30 chains (650m) due N of Thurdistoft, on the Links of Old Tain is a large sandy hillock about 12ft in height, almost overgrown with bent. There are traces of a building, or at least stones may be seen here and there where the surface is broken. This hillock is called 'St Coomb's Kirk' (perhaps in honour of St Columba). There is a tradition that this church and the adjoining manse, supposed to have been the parish church and manse of the united parishes of Dunnet and Olrig, were suddenly overwhelmed with sand during a storm.
Name Book 1873.
There is no trace of any structure in an area of consolidated sand dunes.
Visited by OS (J M) 22 April 1982.
