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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supposed Site of ST JOHN'S CHAPEL | Supposed Site of St. John's Chapel | Mr Peter Bettie, Dunnydeer Mr. George Mathieson Dunnydeer Mr. James Stables Dunnydeer |
044 | Mr. George Mathieson, an intelligent man, whose Father was farm grieve to Dr. [Doctor] Bettie, of Dunnydeer, remembers when a boy about 56 years since, of seeing a great many stones being removed from a slightly elevated piece of ground, somewhat resembling an old grave yard. The soil appeared to be very black, and a luxuriant crop of nettles grew all around the place. A superstitious dread possessed the mindes of the people when passing this place in the night time. The place was then known by the name of "Moine Col Stane." (ie the moss stone where incest had been committed.) but my own opinion regarding the name, that it would rather refer to a few boulder stones a little farther south, where at one time there had also been a moss of considerable extent. The land in the immediate neighbourhood is of a superior quality and is beautifully situated, and exposed to the south and east. On the spot marked as the site of Chapel, The farm grieve has observed that the corn growes far more luxuriant and dies away much earlier than any other part of the field. A great many chips of building are still to be seen on the ground, and it does not require any great flight of the imagination to trace the extent of what might be considered the stance of the Chapel. St. John's chapel at Dundore Castle. Collections of the shires. |
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