Monument record MHG3445 - Auchnahannet

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Grid reference Centred NH 5119 2620 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH52NW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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NH52NW 9 512 262.

There was a church at Achnahannet (the field of the church) in Lenie.
It was probably the first in Glen Urquhart.
W Mackay 1893.

'Annait' is a 9th to 10th century term for a church-site of any kind abandoned during that period, and not subsequently re-used as the site of a focal church.
A MacDonald 1973

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: MacDonald, A. 1973. ''Annat' in Scotland: A provisional review', Scot Stud Vol. 17 1973, p.136-146. Scot Stud. 136-146. 139-40.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Mackay, W. 1893. Urquhart and Glenmoriston: olden times in a Highland parish. 336.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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