Monument record MHG3614 - Midtown
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6274 3325 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH63SW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | DORES |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NH63SW 24 6275 3325.
(NH 6275 3321) Stone Coffin found A.D. 1830 (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1905)
'Midtown...Near the back of this house there is a stone coffin, about 3 feet long by 2 feet broad. No person near the place can tell when it was first opened, or what it contained. It still lies embeded inthe ground in the same position as it was found in 1830.'
Name Book 1871.
No trace of the cist could be seen. The present occupier of Midtown though aware of the find could not give the precise site nor say for certain whether the cist still lies in the ground though it is thought to do so.
The house of Midtown is at NH 6275 3325.
Visited by OS (R D L) 30 August 1963.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG3353 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 22, 32.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
