Angus HER - NO55SW0014 - CHAPELTON BURIAL GROUND, PRIEST'S HILLOCK

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Primary Reference	NO55SW0014
Name	CHAPELTON BURIAL GROUND, PRIEST'S HILLOCK
NRHE Card No.	NO55SW14
NRHE Numlink	34905
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	17671
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a graveyard, dated 1669, and probably the site of a chapel. The OSA (1791-9) states there is no tradition of an associated chapel with the graveyard. However, the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps show it as an oblong graveyard and as being the site of St Ninian's Chapel. Warden (1880-5) claims that the dedication was to St Madoc, and Carrie (1881) also mentions a church, and gives it a pre-Reformation date. Current maps depict it as a burial ground rather than a graveyard. It is enclosed by a drystone rubble wall, on average six feet (1.8 metres) high. A doorway in the wall has a lintel inscribed 'ANO MDCLXIX', the latter part of the inscription being the date 1669. There are 17th and 18th century carved gravestones, and the NSA in 1845 gives the oldest decipherable date as being 1625.
Last Update	03/03/2020
Updated By	cpalmer

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National Grid Reference: NO 5406 5071

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

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Palynology
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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
GRAVEYARDS		REMAINS OF	E	100
CHURCHYARDS		REMAINS OF	B	100
STONES	GRAVE		C	100
LINTELS		DATED	D	100
CHAPELS		SITE OF	A	80
BURIAL-GROUNDS			G	100
GRAVESTONES		CARVED	F	100
WALLS	RUBBLE		G	100
WALLS	DRYSTONE		H	100