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MHG14343 - Chapel, Well and Burial Ground - Chapel-Town

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An old graveyard called Chapel-town or Bail-an-chaibeil is the site of the separate church of Deshur, the south part of the parish of Duthil. In 1783 it was under crop. No dedication is known.
Fuaran Fionntag or the Well of Virtue, famed for curing toothache, is situated nearby.
A Mitchell and J Drummond 1875.

Graveyard (NR)
(NH 9298 1983) (Remains of) and Site of Chapel (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)

There are no visible remains of a chapel or graveyard in the area indicated, which is in a cultivated field. The tradition of a chapel having been there is known locally, but no well is known of in the area.
Visited by OS (R L) 4 November 1966.

This is is recorded on all the OS maps as Grave Yard (Remains of and Site of Chapel). As is discussed above there are no remains visible here and it is possible that it should be sited elsewhere. The area around here is heavily overgrown with juniper and birch scrub. There is a boulder and earth dyke as shown on the current OS map extending 30m North East from the present farm boundary and some 60m North of the old boundary wall. Rather than bounding a graveyard, it would appear to mark an enclosure to the North as the ground appears more fertile here. According to the 1875 account the graveyard was in arable ground, therefore ploughing and other soil disturbance in the North West corner of this field must be carried out with care. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 9298 1982 (26m by 26m)
Map sheet	NH91NW
Civil Parish	DUTHIL AND ROTHIEMURCHUS
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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