Dumbarton Castle, St Patrick's Chapel
Chapel (Early Medieval)
Site Name Dumbarton Castle, St Patrick's Chapel
Classification Chapel (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 43377
Site Number NS47SW 5.01
NGR NS 3998 7441
NGR Description NS c. 3998 7441
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43377
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Dumbarton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS47SW 5.01 c. 3998 7441
The Chapel dedicated to St Patrick is said to have been founded by St Modwenna who lived in the 6th century. Mention is made of the chapel in a deed of 1271 and in a charter of 1390. No recognisable vestige now remains.
J Irving 1917
The only surviving monuments of Dark Age Alcluith (see NS47SW 5.00) are two gravestones with debased interlace ornament which date from the 10th or 11th centuries. These were found some years ago during excavation of one of the garden terraces in the Nether Bailey. Their presence here suggests that St Patrick's Chapel (extant with a medieval fabric until the 16th century) lay in this area. The gravestones are now kept in the Guard House.
I MacIvor 1958
Field Visit (13 April 1951)
It is believed that St Patrick's Chapel was situated to the west of the Governor's House, at NS 3998 7441 (Miss Steele, keeper, Dumbarton Castle). No remains are to be seen.
Visited by OS (JHO) 13 April 1951