Barrock, St Bar's Chapel
Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Barrock, St Bar's Chapel
Classification Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 8849
Site Number ND26SE 9
NGR ND 291 622
NGR Description ND c. 291 622
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Bower
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND26SE 9 c. 291 622.
There was a chapel, dedicated to St Bar, who died in 579, at Barrock.
A MacKay 1914; W J Watson 1926.
Mr Pottiger (tennant, Barrock Mains Farm, Lyth) states that the field centred at ND 291 622 is known as 'Chapel Field', but he has never encountered any evidence of a structure during cultivation.
Visited by OS (J B) 7 May 1982.
