Monument record MHG3282 - Short Cist with Burial, Lochend

Summary

Approximate location of the discovery of a short cist containing a burial and gravegoods.

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5964 3785 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH53NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Map

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Full Description

The approximate site of this discovery was pointed out by the local roadman, Mr. J. MacLean, Lurgmore, Lochend, who stated that at the spot was a gravelly knoll. An occupation road into some houses now occupies the site of the knoll.
Visited by OS (J L D) 22 March 1962

A short cist containing a crouched burial with a beaker and a flint nodule has been found fifteen inches below ground level on a bank about 130 feet above the north shore of Loch Ness and about 30 yards from the main Inverness-Fort William road, on the Dochfour Estate at Lochend, on 6th September 1941. The contents of the cist have been presented to Inverness Museum.
V G Childe 1944

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Childe, V G et al. 1944. 'Newly discovered short cist burials with beakers', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 78 1943-4, p.106-19. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 106-19. 106-9; plate 9.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Hanley, R and Sheridan, A. 1994. 'A beaker cist from Balblair, near Beauly, Inverness District', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol 124, pp 129-39. p 137.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2014 4:09PM

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