Alternative Names St Giles's Chapel
Site type BURIAL GROUND, CHAPEL (POSSIBLE)
Canmore ID 19486
Site Number NJ81NW 25
NGR NJ 8386 1626
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish FINTRAY
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District GORDON
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ81NW 25 8386 1626.

(NJ 8386 1626) Chapel Graveyard (NR):
St Giles's Chapel (NR) (Supposed site of)
OS 6" map (1928)

The Chapel Graveyard is a small burying-ground in Hatton of Fintray, on the south side of the road near Haughland. It was consecrated by Bishop Elphinstone in the 15th century, and from its name is supposed to have been the site of a chapel although no foundations have ever been found during grave-digging.
'Chappel-St Giles in Hatton, where the Abbot of Lindoris had formerly a summer seat' (Collins on the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff).
Name Book 1864

There is no trace of any chapel. The graveyard has been cleared of the old stones and extended, and is now the new parish burial ground.
Visited by OS (EGC) 1 November 1961.

Bogdan and Bryce, N and I B D (1991) 'Castles, manors and 'town houses' survey', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 28

Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale)
Page(s): Book No.30, 55 Held at RCAHMS Ref

Scottish Castle Survey (1988) 'A directory of the owners and occupiers of the castles, manors and 'town houses' {c.1050-c.1707} of Scotland: Grampian Region', Aberdeen
Page(s): 27, no.48/4 Held at RCAHMS B.2.1.CAS