Monument record MHG19723 - Ailbhinn Chaigh

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Grid reference Centred NC 8544 0161 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC80SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish GOLSPIE

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NC80SE 60 8545 0162.

Ailbhinn Chaigh, 'Keith's Stone or Rock' marks the spot where one of the Earls of Sutrherland slew his brother.
Name Book, Sutherland 1873.

According to Gordon, writing c. 1630, John, a 15th-century Earl of Sutherland, slew his nephew, Keath, at Aylen-Kheaigh 'that is Kaith his bush'.
Sir R Gordon 1813; OPS 1855.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Weber, H (ed). 1813. Genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun. 81.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. no. 23, p.31.
  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1855. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/2. 681.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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