Monument record MHG11426 - Possible Dun, Camusterach

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Grid reference Centred NG 7095 4160 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG74SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish APPLECROSS

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NG74SW 4 7096 4160

One of Applecross sanctuary crosses/stones, a "rude monolith 8 ft. 3 ins. high and bearing traces of a cross on its W. face", (T Muir 1855) stood on dun at Camusterach but it was destroyed by a stone mason repairing Free Church (now Church of Scotland) c. 1870. The stump survives at NG 7096 4160 (Information from K Macrae, Blind Institute, Inverness) amongst the outbuildings of a croft, and measures 0.4m high, 0.6m wide and 0.3m thick.
Surveyed at 1/2500. No trace of a dun was found.
Visited by OS (R D) 29 April 1965; T Muir 1855; W J Watson 1904 and 1926; S Gordon 1935.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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