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Kirk Mains

Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Kirk Mains

Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Canmore ID 8739

Site Number ND25NE 9

NGR ND 286 593

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8739

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Bower
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND25NE 9 286 593.

Near to the farmhouse of Kirk Mains (ND 286 593) was a burial ground. Traditionally this is the site of an older chapel than that at Kirk (ND25NE 6, q.v.).

D Beaton 1909.

The farmer at Kirk Mains knows only of one chapel or burial ground site, namely that recorded on ND25NE 6.

Visited by OS (R D L) 23 April 1963.

No knowledge or evidence for this site was found in the area.

Visited by OS (J B) 19 March 1982.

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