Glen Of Spottes
Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Flask
Site Name Glen Of Spottes
Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Flask
Alternative Name(s) Barr Of Spottes, Chapel Of Constantine
Canmore ID 64954
Site Number NX86NW 2
NGR NX 8053 6717
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64954
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Urr
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX86NW 2 8053 6717.
(NX 8053 6717) Chapel (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
A private chapel at Barr of Spottes was dedicated to St. Constantine. A flat bronze flask, inlaid with interlace work and probably 10th century from here, is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS accession no FC171).
A E Truckell 1963; F R Coles 1900; D Frew 1909
At the published site on the steep W slope of Spottes Glen are the indeterminate remains of the SE corner of a building apparently oriented N-S. It consists of mortared walling 0.6m thick, 1.3 m high and extends 7.7 m to the N and 3.2m to the W, with the remains of two internal walls. Truckell (A E Truckell, Dumfries Museum) assigns a pre-Norman date, on the evidence of the oil-flask, but, although he says that there is nothing to disprove this as a chapel, and cites the chapel on the Sky Burn at Kirkbride (NX 56 55) in support there is no evidence that this could ever have been a chapel. He further states that the dedication is not certain.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 December 1969.