What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sound, Chapel and Burial Ground as Burial Ground (medieval), Chapel (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Medieval burial ground and chapel, dating to the later medieval period. Its significance lies in its association with local religious and funerary practices in a rural Scottish context.
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