Monument record MHG12148 - Church site? An Annait

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 2098 5092 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC25SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish EDDRACHILLIS

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Full Description

NC25SW 1 2099 5092.

(NC 2099 5092) 'An Annait' is the name given to a rock, which in turn gives name to Bagh an Annaite, Bay of the Annait, to north.
Annait is a ninth to tenth century term for a church-site of any kind abandoned during that period, and not subsequently re-used as the site of a focal church.
Name Book 1875; OS 6"map, Sutherland, 1st ed., (1875); A Macdonald 1973.

There is local knowledge of a church or associated site, or of tradition pertaining to one. There is nothing significant on the ground. Visited by OS (J M) 9 June 1980.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 17, 120.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald, A. 1973. '"Annat" in Scotland: a provisional review', Scottish Studies, Vol 17, pp 135-46. pp 139-40, 142.

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Record last edited

Dec 10 2009 5:08PM

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