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St Mary's Chapel, Amulree
Church (Period Unknown)
Site Name St Mary's Chapel, Amulree
Classification Church (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) St Maolrubha's Church
Canmore ID 26209
Site Number NN93NW 5
NGR NN 901 368
NGR Description NN c. 901 368.
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26209
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Little Dunkeld
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN93NW 5 c. 901 368.
(Area NN 901 368) St Mary's Chapel lies in ruins on the opposite side of the River Bran and at a distance of "about two gun-shot" from Amulree to which it gave name - Ath marie: Mary's Ford.
J Gillies 1784.
The name Amulree comes from Ath Maol Ruibhe - "Maolrubha's ford", which in turn takes its name from the old church site Cill Ma-Ruibhe. St Maolrubha died in 722.
W J Watson 1926.
No trace or local knowledge of the chapel were found; the derivation of the name Amulree is uncertain but Watson's (1926) definition seems the more likely.
Visited by OS (J B) 15 October 1975.
Archaeological Evaluation (2 December 2009 - 3 December 2009)
NN 9010 3679 (centred on) An evaluation was undertaken 2–3 December 2009 on the site of a proposed new bridge over the River Braan at Amulree. The site is just E of the historic Amulree bridge and was considered to be of interest as it includes the site of a historic ford and possibly the lost
site of St Mary’s Chapel, which is located somewhere to the N of the river.
Evaluation trenches on the N side of the river revealed that a ramp of redeposited natural sandy gravel leading from the A822 down to the river was probably 19th-century in date. Trenches on the S side of the river recorded only natural deposits of silt, gravel and a compact stony layer. Nothing relating to the historic ford or the site of St Mary’s Chapel
was recorded.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd
