Monument record MHG39894 - 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 3784 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH53NE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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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)
- --- SHG1158 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.
- --- SHG21 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
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Record last edited
Dec 11 2009 1:32PM
