Monument record MHG4255 - Cladh Giorsail
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NN 1816 8782 (200m by 200m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NN18NE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILMALLIE |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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NN18NE 4 1816 8782.
(NN 1816 8782) Cladh Giorsail (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (1874)
The site of the burial place, Cladh Giorsail, may be represented by a low mound, about 12.0m by 8.0m, within a little copse in a bend of the road from Achnacarry House to the shore of Loch Lochy, between this road and the south bank of the River Arkaig.
Three large flagstone lie in disorderly manner upon the mound and may have been grave-covers,or headstones.
Local enquiries regarding Cladh Giorsail were quite negative.
Visited by OS (A S P) 14 July 1961.
The slabs noted by OS at NN 1811 8782 do not appear to be gravestones, neither is the 'mound, a slight natural rise covered with scrub, of any significance. There is no trace of a graveyard in the vicinicty.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 May 1970.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
