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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST FIDAMNAN'S CHAPEL (Remains of) | St Adamannan's Chapel (In ruins) St Adamannan's Chapel (In ruins) St Adamannan's Chapel (In ruins) |
Mr Alexander Kennedy North Meiklemoss Mr Charles Smith Smith Whitefields Mr Peter Watson Achnabo |
039 | Situated in the Leask Estate and about 8. Chains N.W. [North West] of Knapsleask Farm. The place where the Altar Stood is plainly descernible. It is not large, but a fine old ruins, measuring outside abt [about] 43 feet by 22. Inside 36x15. East window 15. feet by 7. The Piscina is Still to be Seen. The doorway is in the South wall about 1/3 of the length from the West end. The East gable with a gothic window are Still nearly entire The walls are overgrown with Ivy. It stands in a Small plantation of Alder trees &c on a little eminence gently rising from a swampy bottom with a rivulet enclosing the east and South Sides. This is Said to be the old Church of Forvie and was dedicated to S: Findamnan Abbot of Icolmkill. It is now Called S: Adamannan's Chapel Tradition Says it was erected in the end of the Six or Commencement of the Seventh Century It is Situated 3. Miles N. [North] of the other Church ruins in the Sands. See Page 302 Dr [Doctor] Pratt's "Illustrated Buchan" a little work of Considerable merit and authority It is also mentioned in Fullerton's Co. [County] Statistics &c. |
| KNAPSLEASK | Knapsleask Knapsleask Knapsleask |
Valuation Roll Mr Peter Watson Auchnabo Mr Charles Smith Whitefield |
039 | A large farm Consisting of a good dwellinghouse with a Garden and outhouses detached situated abt [about] 8. Chains S.E. [South East] of S. Findamnan's Chapel (In ruins) Occupied by Widow Bruce The property of Capt. [Captain] Gordon Cluny Castle. |
| AUCHNABO | Auchnabo Auchnabo Auchnabo |
Valuation Roll Mr Peter Watson occupier Mr Charles Smith Whitefields |
039 | a large farm Consisting of a good dwellinghouse with outhouses and Garden detached. Situated abt [about] ½ Mile S.E. [South East] of Knapsleask Farm The property of Captn [Captain] Gordon Cluny Castle The english of this Celtic name is CowField. |
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[Note beside 'St. Fidamnan's Chapel'] - "At Leask. Here stood of old the Parish Church of Furvie (dedicated to Saint Fidamnan, Abbot of Icolmkill, who died September the twenty-third A.D. D.CC.IV. [1204], having sate twenty five years, Anno actalis seventy seven) overblown by the sands." (Collections of the Shires.)
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