Monument record MHG42147 - Cist w finds, Uaigh Gillechunne

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5116 4174 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH54SW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Uaigh Gillechunne. Stone Coffin containing two urns found AD 1763. (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)

Uamh Gillichuinne is a stone coffin only the sides of which now remain. Two urns filled with ashes were found in it in 1763. Tradition does not say who Gillichuinne was.
OSA 1794

Uaigh Gillechunne: The remaining stones of the coffin were removed for use in the building of the older part of the present manse.
Name Book 1872

No trace exists. No further information.
Visited by OS (J B) 25 July 1975

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- 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.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Sir John Sinclair (ed.). 1791-9. The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. Vol. 13, 525.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 14, No. 80.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 49, 25-6.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Dec 11 2009 1:32PM

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