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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST MARY'S CHAPEL (Remains of) | Chapel (remains of) |
Mr. G. McKay Esqr. Borrowston Mains Mr Waters, Bulmore. Hugh Campbell, Reay. |
004 | This chapel appears to be of considerable antiquity. The smallness of its size, its being built with undressed and uncemented stones - and its having no traditionary dedication - are all indications of this, but the fact of its being divided into nave and chancel forbids the supposition of its belonging to the very earliest period of Ecclesiastical buildings in Scotland. This is said to be the oldest Chapel known in Caithness with Nave and Chancel, and the Revd [Reverend] Mr Muir - assigns it to the 12th and Sir Henry Dryden to the Eleventh Centuary. Both these gentlemen are great antiquaries and belong to the society of Antiquaries in Scotland - the latter made several antiquarian researches in this district in the summer of '71. This sketch; from memory will give a better idea of what remains of the building than if I were to explain. The Portion (Chancel) marked a. has been wholly rebuilt about a year ago as a tomb for some of the Gunn Family. Although thas Chapel has no traditionary dedication yet it may have been dedicated to St. Mary, as the well belonging to the Chapel which is 15 chains south of it is called St. Mary's Well. |
| GRAVE YARD [St Mary's Chapel] | Graveyard | 004 | A graveyard surrounds this chapel which is still used as a place of interment - it is enclosed with stone walls. |
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[Page] 3Ph [Parish] of Reay -- County of Caithness
ST MARY'S CHAPEL (Remains of) Diagram/drawing included on page
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