Monument record MHG36184 - GUISACHAN HOUSE

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Grid reference Centred NH 2872 2525 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH22NE
Civil Parish KILMORACK
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NH22NE 17 c. 2873 2525

For Guisachan House (NH 2873 2525) and associated buildings, see NH22NE 7.00.

A 'Bronze Age coffin' has been rebuilt at the ruin of Guisachan House (NH22NE 7.00) 'just yards' from the findspot of the stone axes NH22NE 16. Mr W Macdonald (now deceased) recalls its discovery about 12 or 15ft from its present location while the road was being removed. The original locaton lay in the centre of a ring of lime trees whch are said to have been planted 'on the outside of a stone circle'.
Information from Mr Stuart Grant, Tomich, Cannich, Inverness-shire (per Mr T Cowie, Dept of Archaeology, Royal Museum of Scotland [RMS]), 1 September 2000.
NMRS, MS/807/2.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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