Halkirk, parish

Grid reference

ND 135 597 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

313500 959700

Latitude

58.51719099151889

Longitude

-3.485083430091788

Nearby places

St Fergus's Church, Halkirk (0 miles)

Tor Harlogan, Halkirk (0.14 miles)

Georgemas, Thurso (1.28 miles)

Georgemas House (1.28 miles)

St Thomas's Church, Skinnet, Halkirk (1.46 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR for Halkirk Old Parish Church. According to NMRS Halkirk parish church was built in 1753 on the site of an old chapel, whose ruins were still visible when the new church was built (citing OS Name Book 1872). According to the Third Report of the Commission of Religious Instruction, Scotland (Edinburgh, 1837), concerning this parish, 'At one time it was called the united Parish of St Fergus and St Thomas, and now the united parish of Halkirk and Skinnan, or Skinnet' (p. 252).

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Relationships with other places

Contains Banniskirk Moss, Halkirk

Contains Banniskirk Moss, Halkirk

Contains Cnoc Maol-dhùin, Latheron/Halkirk

Contains Dail Chiarain, Halkirk

Contains Gavin's Kirk, Halkirk

Contains Gavin's Kirk, Halkirk

Contains Loch Caluim, Halkirk and Reay

the southern and central parts of the loch

Contains St Ciaran's Chapel, Halkirk

Contains St Ciaran's Chapel, Halkirk

Contains St Columba's Chapel, by Dirlot, Halkirk

Contains St Fergus's Church, Halkirk

Contains St Fergus's Church, Halkirk

Contains St Magnus's Chapel, Halkirk

Contains St Magnus's Hospital, Halkirk

Contains St Peter's Chapel, Halkirk

Contains St Thomas's Church, Skinnet, Halkirk

Contains St Trostan's Chapel, Halkirk

Contains Tor Harlogan, Halkirk

Parish TLA

HAL

County

Sutherland

Medieval diocese

Caithness