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MHG40711 - Cladh Bhride

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Site of (NAT)
ST. BRIDGET'S CHAPEL (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness, 2nd ed., (1903)
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'Speyside Monumental Inscriptions', pre 1855
Monumental inscription survey completed by Alison Mitchell. 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 inacuraciesmay be encountered. Survey undertaken between 1970-1975. First published 1975, reprinted 1992.
J Aitken : 20/12/02
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Cladh Bhri'd (St. Bridget's) churchyard at Benchar. A chapel existed here at one time.
A Macbain 1891.

No trace could be found of St. Bridget's Chapel although the graveyard Gu Cladh Bhrichde is well maintained and still in use.
Visited by OS (R D) 27 September 1965.

The site of this chapel appears to be marked by a rectangular platform about 0.2m high in the centre of the burial ground. The platform measures 24m from NW to SE by 9.5m transversely, and the MacPherson of Banchor burial enclosure stands on its SE end. The cemetery is still in use.
(KING95 657)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 23 November 1995

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Grid reference	Centred NN 7053 9893 (117m by 148m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NN79NW
Civil Parish	KINGUSSIE AND INSH
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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