Monument record MHG16 - Mausoleum, Cnoc Mhicheil
Summary
Late C18 mausoleum
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 5507 5522 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM55NE |
| Old County | ARGYLL |
| Civil Parish | MORVERN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
For Drimnin House (NM 5538 5504) and related buildings, see NM55NE0010
Monument to Allan McLean of Drimnin (died 1792) on a hill 0.4km NW [of the house]. Plain classical reredos in a small enclosure.
J Gifford 1992.
Burial-enclosure, Cnoc Mhicheil. At the highest point of an elongated rocky ridge some 400m W of Drimnin House, a low stone wall surmounted by iron railings encloses a free-standing reredos monument of simple design. This incorporates a marble panel commemorating Allan McLean, 5th of Drimnin, an officer in the Jacobite army at Culloden, who died in 1792.
RCAHMS 1980.
Tomb [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1974.
The tomb was restored just prior to 1914.
Argyll County Council 1914.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2068 Text/Publication/Volume: County Council of Argyll. 1914. List of ancient monuments and historic buildings in the county of Argyll. 6.
- --- SHG2247 Text/Publication/Monograph: Gifford, J. 1992. Highland and Islands. The Buildings of Scotland. Paper (Original). 236.
- --- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 136, No. 277.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 9 2008 4:01PM
