Thrumster Graveyard
Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Thrumster Graveyard
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 8973
Site Number ND34NW 3
NGR ND 3340 4541
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8973
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34NW 3 3340 4541.
(ND 3340 4541) Supposed site of (NAT)
Chapel (NR) Graveyard (NAT)
OS 25" map, Caithness, (1872)
The site of an old chapel is supposed to have been in the graveyard; dedicatory name and date unknown.
Name Book 1872.
There is a small burying ground, at Thrumster, containing traces of a chapel.
T S Muir 1885.
No traces of any building foundations were seen within the graveyard at Thrumster.
Visited by OS (W D J) 22 April 1963.
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B) 19 August 1982.
Nothing is now visible of this chapel, but it may have occupied the centre of the old graveyard at Thrumster, where the ground-level is noticeably higher than the surrounding area. There are no re-used architectural fragments visible in the graveyard wall, and the earliest gravestone appears to be one dated 1797.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 28 July 2004.
