Urray
Associated Chapels: (none known).
Parish Church: OS Ref: NGR NH 507532 H.E.S. No: NH55SW 7 Dedication: St Constantine
Close to the River Orin there is a piece of enclosed ground used as a burial ground for the church district of Urray. It is thought that a chapel once stood in the graveyardbut nothing now remains and the date of erection is not known. [Name Book 1876; OPS 1855.]
The parishes of Urray and Kilchrist (Tarradale) were united in 1574.
In modern times there is no trace of this chapel. There is a 19th century burial enclosure which a onetime parish minister (Mr Grant, Muir of Ord) believed incorporated part of its walls. This view, however, is not supported by ground inspection, although it is possible that some of the stone from the chapel could have been used in its construction. One of the stones forming part of the W door jamb bears the inscription AMD 18 1531. The graveyard is still in occasional use. The oldest legible gravestones are 19th century. [Comments from Ordnance Survey, 1975]
When visited by RCAHMS in August 1943, the site of this chapel, by the south east end of the bridge over the River Orrin half a mile above its confluence with the Conon, was found to be occupied by a military encampment which must have destroyed any remains which may have previously existed. The graveyard is now accessed via a caravan site.
The present parsh church stands a little distance to the south along the Muir of Ord road.
In 1227 the Bishop of Ross, with the consent of his Chapter and the clergy of the Diocese, formally released his rights to the church of Kiltarlity . The charter is subscribed by many individuals, one of whom was Matthew, Parson of Lochbon (Urray). [History of Beauly Priory, p.199]
