Monument record MHG14052 - Carn an t-Suidhe

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Grid reference Centred NG 8770 5429 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG85SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish APPLECROSS

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Càrn an t-Suidhe, the ‘cairn of the sitting’, is said by local tradition to have been a resting-place of Maolrubha's body on its way to his monastery and burial place at Applecross (NG74NW0001). It lies about half a mile west of Ben Damph Lodge (Watson 1904, 217).
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NG85SE 7 NG 877 543

Carn an t-Suidhe: 'Cairn of the seat' traditional resting place of St.Maelrubha's coffin on its way to Applecross in 722 AD.
Watson 1926.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Watson, W J. 1926. The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland: being the Rhind lectures on archaeology (expanded) delivered in 1916. 288, 338.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Watson, W. J.. 1904. The Place Names of Ross and Cromarty. 217.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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