MHG180 - Chapel, Gavin's Kirk
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CHAPEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Chapel (NR) (In Ruins) OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
'Caithness Monumental Inscriptions', pre 1855
Monumental inscription survey completed by A.S.Cowper & I.Ross.
The survey may not include inscription information after 1855 and each inscription transcribed does not give the full details that appear on the stones, abbreviations used. Some ommissions and inacuracies. Published 1992.
J Aitken : 20/12/02
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"Gavin's Kirk", also known as "Temple Gavin", was a chapel which has consisted of a nave and chancel, former measuring 15 by 12ft and latter 8 by 7ft. The total length of interior has been 27ft and the exterior walls were 3.5ft thick.
T Pennant 1774; RCAHMS 1911.
It stands within an enclosed graveyard enlarged before 1872 (when present wall was erected): at this date the earlier and perhaps coeval wall was still traceable.
Name Book 1872.
The remains of this chapel are as described above. The collapsed walls now stand to max height of 1m and are in an extremely poor condition. The graveyard, also in a poor state of preservation, is known as Dorrery Graveyard.
Revised at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 15 February 1965.
Gavin's Kirk (NR) (remains of) OS 6" map, (1964)
The chapel ruins are thickly overgrown and specific details are not recoverable, but it appears generally as described. The course of an old stony bank outside W and N wall of the present graveyard is presumably remains of pre-1872 graveyard. The last burial here was about 1954.
Visited by OS (J M) 10 July 1981.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG1654 Text/Publication/Article: Myatt, L J. 1975. 'The early ecclesiastical remains of Halkirk Parish', Caithness Fld Club Bulletin Vol. 1 April 1975, p.55-61. Caithness Fld Club Bulletin. 55-61. 55, 56.
- --- SHG1838 Text/Publication/Monograph: A S Cowper & I Ross. 1992. Caithness Monumental Inscriptions, pre 1855. 3.
- --- SHG2618 Text/Publication/Volume: Pennant, T. 1774. A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX. 3rd ed.. appx 5, 331.
- --- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 28, No. 90.
- --- SHG3372 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 4, 130.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 0773 5469 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
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| Map sheet | ND05SE |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/7767 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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