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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council West Dunbartonshire
  • Parish Dumbarton
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Dumbarton
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

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

Activities

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

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