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Fodderty, Parish Church
Church (Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Fodderty, Parish Church
Classification Church (Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fodderty, Old Parish Church; Men Of Strathpeffer And District War Memorial Gate
Canmore ID 12785
Site Number NH55NW 13
NGR NH 5130 5936
NGR Description Centred on NH 5130 5936
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12785
- Council Highland
- Parish Fodderty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH55NW 13.00 5130 5936.
NH55NW 13.01 Centred on NH 51244 59329 Burial Ground
(NH 5130 5936) Chapel (NR) (site of)
OS 6"map, (1974)
The site of the former parish church, now marked only be a mound, in its burial ground which is still in use, but which contains some interesting monuments.
The Vicar of Fothirdy appears on record in the 14th c, but it is not known when the church was built, nor when it was abandoned but the Old Manse, now Fodderty Lodge, (NH 513 592) bears a date 1730. A new manse was built at Millnain (NH 497 595) in 1794 and a new church was built there (NH 499 593) in 1807. This implies that the old church was still in use towards the end of the 18th c. In the mid-19th c, however, the only memory was of a ruin in the graveyard, which was thought to have been a Catholic chapel, near whose site large flags were uncovered when digging graves.
NSA 1845; OPS 1855; Name Book 1876; HBD 1966.
ARCHITECTS: Ross & Joass (I.A. 30 March 1861) Repairs
REFERENCE: SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE
Repair of Fodderty Church. Letters concerning the work.
1832-34 GD46/1/378/4
Field Visit (September 1978)
Fodderty, Church NH 513 593 NH55NW 13
The traditional site of the former parish church of Fodderty is marked by a large mound within the present burial-ground. The ruins were said to be still visible in 1876.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 9, p. 76)
