Canisbay Parish Church, Churchyard | Canmore

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Churchyard (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Canisbay Parish Church, Churchyard

Classification Churchyard (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) John O' Groat Family Memorial

Canmore ID 98509

Site Number ND37SW 4.01

NGR ND 34360 72859

NGR Description Centred ND 34360 72859

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/98509

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Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the SE.

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Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

14/3/2002

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Tombstone of Findlay Groat 1601

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Tombstone of Findlay Groat 1601

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Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland

c. 1932

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Photograph of John Nicolson standing beside an example of one of his sulptured gravestones.

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Photograph of John Nicolson standing beside an example of one of his sulptured gravestones.

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Papers of John Nicolson, antiquarian, Keiss, Caithness, Scotland

c. 1930

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Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the SW.

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14/3/2002

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Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

14/3/2002

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Oblique aerial view.

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Tombstone of Isabel Mowat 1601

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Tombstone of Isabel Mowat 1601

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Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland

c. 1932

© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)

Tombstone of Findlay Groat 1601

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Tombstone of Findlay Groat 1601

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Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland

c. 1932

© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)

Oblique aerial view.

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Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the SSE.

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14/3/2002

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Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the E.

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14/3/2002

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Detail of 'Groat Stone'

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Detail of 'Groat Stone'

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

c. 1910

© Crown Copyright: HES

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the SE.

Tombstone of Findlay Groat 1601

Photograph of John Nicolson standing beside an example of one of his sulptured gravestones.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the SW.

Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the S.

Oblique aerial view.

Tombstone of Isabel Mowat 1601

Tombstone of Findlay Groat 1601

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the SSE.

Oblique aerial view of the church, churchyard and farmstead, taken from the E.

Detail of 'Groat Stone'

Collections

Administrative Areas

Council Highland
Parish Canisbay
Former Region Highland
Former District Caithness
Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND37SW 4.01 Centred ND 34360 72859

The monuments date back to the 16th century and include those of the Groat family.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910

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