Barnglieshead
Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Barnglieshead
Classification Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Barngliesh
Canmore ID 67531
Site Number NY37NW 1
NGR NY 32762 78283
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67531
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Canonbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY37NW 1 3276 7828
For Barngleish (NY 3286 7757) and Barnglieshead (NY 3237 7863) steadings, see NY37NW 38 and NY37NW 43 respectively.
(NY 3276 7828) Chapel (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Barngliesh, where the remains of an old building appear, may perhaps be a contraction of the French, 'Bernard eglise' - Bernard Church.
Statistical Account (OSA) 1795
A chapel formerly stood here (to the W of the Hall Burn, some 700m N of Barngliesh). The name 'Hall' or 'Ha' Burn is said to be derived from 'hallowed' or 'holy'.
Name Book 1856
No trace or further information.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 22 June 1970
Note (1981)
Barnglieshead NY 327 782 NY37NW
In 1852 the Ordnance Survey recorded the site of a building, possibly a chapel, on a bluff 480m SE of Barnglieshead farmhouse. This may be the building noted in the Statistical Account at Barngleish.
RCAHMS 1981
(Stat Acct., xiv, 1795, 430; Name Book, Dumfries,. No. 4, p. 114½)
Note (1997)
NY37NW 1 3276 7828
Listed as chapel.
RCAHMS 1997.