Aberdeenshire HER - NK05NE0002 - ST MARY'S CHAPEL, RATTRAY

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NameST MARY'S CHAPEL, RATTRAY
NRHE Card No.NK05NE2
NRHE Numlink 21090
HES SM No. 3303
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of chapel and associated graveyard. The chapel is rectangular in plan, measuring internally 13.7 m (45 ft) east-west by 5.7 m (18 ft 9 in) north-south with walls 0.9 m (3 ft) thick. It is roughly built of rubble robbed of its dressings. Mentioned 1214 and 1233 it was possibly built in the late 12th Century, when according to the New Statistical Account it was the private chapel of the nearby castle (NK05NE0004), within the Burgh of Rattray (NK05NE0003). The gables are nearly entire with the east gable having three lancet windows with some red sandstone keystones left. A considerable portion of the side walls remain. There appear to have been doorways on the north, west and southwest. The old graveyard is still maintained.
Last Update02/05/2024
Updated Bycherbert
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Date of Compilation04/07/1977

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GRAVEYARDS  E100
CHAPELS REMAINS OFA100
WINDOWSLANCET B100
CHURCHYARDS  C100
STONESGRAVE D100