Monument record MHG2599 - St. Merchard Church

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 2786 1268 (71m by 48m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH21SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Full Description

'Inverness District West Monumental Inscriptions', pre 1855
Monumental inscription survey completed by Alastair G Beattie & Margaret H Beattie . The survey may not include inscription information after 1855 and each inscription transcribed does not give the full details that appear on the stones, abbreviations used. Some ommissions and inacuraciesmay be encountered. First published 1993, reprinted 1994.
J Aitken : 20/12/02.

The graveyard at NH 278127, which is dedicated to St. Merchard, is still used. There is no trace or any local knowledge of a church. The oldest inscriptions on the gravestones are mid 19th century.
Visited by OS (N K B) 1 June 1964

In Glenmoriston are St. Erchard's seat, well, church, and churchyard. NSA 1846 (J D Smith 1935); A B Scott 1918; Wm MacKay 1914

Grave Yard (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: O'Sullivan J. 1996. Archaeological survey at Cnoc Torr an Leamhain, Highland Region.. AOC (Scotland) Ltd. 06/03/1996. Digital (scanned as PDF).
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Edited by Alastair G Beattie & Margaret H Beattie. 1994. Inverness District West Monumental Inscriptions, pre 1855. 2nd.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Mackay, W. 1914. Urquhart and Glenmoriston: olden times in a Highland parish. 2nd ed.. 324.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 14, 46.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Scott, A B. 1918. The Pictish nation: its people and its church. 112.

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Record last edited

Jul 4 2016 12:54PM

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