MHG11921 - Chapel - Kempie
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Site of chapel.
Information from Dr C S Sandeman, Durness, 2 March 1959.
No further evidence regarding this alleged chapel was gained during fieldwork. The building on the supposed site, though orientated roughly E-W, has no architectural features suggestive of a chapel, and is evidently a comparatively modern store for fishing gear etc. Visited by OS (A C) 3 June 1959.
According to the occupier at Kempie, the fishing store at NC 4466 5795 was built within the last fifty years on the site of a chapel of which nothing remains.
Visited by OS (N K B) 8 November 1978.
A rapid coastal zone assessment survey was conducted by GUARD in the Autumn of 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland from the Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project based at the University of Glasgow.
The site of a chapel, according to the information in the NMRS, following a site visit by Dr C S Sandeman, Durness, on 2 March 1959. On the raised beach behind a small bay, immediately SE of Ach' A Ghearraiseich, lies a building as described by the NMRS: it measures 5.9 m long and 4.3 m wide. It appears to be situated on foundations of an older building, 4.8 m wide and 6.8 m long. The owner of the house at Kempie confirms the tradition of a chapel, and states that the traces are now removed ("stones all away now"), but his information suggests that it appears to have run between the two presently extant buildings. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs and site location description. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG21099 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Brady, K. & Morris, C.D.. 1997. North Sutherland Survey: Coastal Zone Assessment Kyle of Durness to Torrisdale Bay. Glasgow University (GUARD). 30/01/1998. . p 115 Site 22.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map). XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 4466 5793 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC45NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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