Monument record MHG11936 - Graveyard, Eilean Hoan
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 4419 6721 (200m by 200m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC46NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
Map
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Full Description
NC46NW 2 4420 6721.
(NC 4420 6721) Grave Yard (NR) (site of) OS 6"map, (1961)
There is the site of a burial ground on Eilean Hoan. It has been out of use for the last fifty years. Name Book 1875.
There are no indications of a graveyard or any other feature visible in formerly cultivated ground at site indicated on OS map. However, 100m E of spot is a piece of rising ground which in places seems to have been artificially scarped and this may have been site of graveyard. There is no local tradition of such a feature on the island. Name Book 1875; Visited by OS (J M) 24 April 1980.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG3346 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 16, 72.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
