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Hillhouse
Chapel (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Hillhouse
Classification Chapel (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 42007
Site Number NS33SW 3
NGR NS 34424 33650
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42007
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Dundonald (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS33SW 3 3442 3364.
(NS 3442 3364) Chapel (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1967)
Tradition says that a chapel once existed at Chapel Hill close by the mansion of Hillhouse. The ground, which is now covered with wood, has still some traces of such an erection. In the garden wall, which was built nearly a century ago, the Font Stone is still pointed out.
NSA 1845 (A Willison)
Similar information.
J Paterson 1863
No trace of this chapel is to be found. The site is covered by wood and dense vegetation. The font in question stands on an old millstone, in the centre of the gardens at NS 3444 3375. No dating evidence was encountered for this chapel.
Visited by OS (JLD) 20 May 1954
Chapel Hill is as described, nothing significant has been found in recent years. The alleged font stone is in fact a shaft-bearing, almost certainly associated with the millstone, on top of which it is displayed as a garden feature.
Visited by OS (JRL) 20 May 1982
Field Visit (April 1985)
Hillhouse, Chapel NS 343 336 NS33SW 3
There are no visible remains of a chapel, said to have stood on Chapel Hill, which lies 140m SSW of Hillhouse.
RCAHMS 1985, visited April 1985.
(NSA, v, Ayr, 677; Paterson 1863-6, i, 424).
