Monument record MHG3840 - Crown, Inverness

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Grid reference Centred NH 6714 4530 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH64NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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NH64NE 23 6715 4530.

Crown - This name is applied to an eminence, 640 yards in length by 330 in breadth, situated a little eastwood of the town, traditionally the site of a Royal Palace in the sixth century when Inverness was the capital of the Pictish Kingdom.
Name Book 1868.

The area known as the Crown is now occupied by the Royal Academy, and bears no trace of antiquity.
Visited by OS (J L D) 1 April 1960.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 33, 137.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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