Monument record MHG5734 - Suisnish, Raasay

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 5529 3545 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG53NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish PORTREE

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NG53NE 2 5529 3545.

(NG 5529 3545) Tumulus (NR). Human Remains found AD. 1841 (NAT)
OS 25"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

No trace remains of the tumulus (RCAHMS 1928).
RCAHMS 1928; Name Book 1877.

This site falls on the top of a rocky knoll over-looking Inveravish Bay, now occupied by Raasay War Memorial. Loose stone around the base of the memorial, covering an area 8-9m in diameter, suggests this is the site of a cairn.
Visited by OS (A S P) 8 June 1961.

No change.
Visited by OS (R L) 22 September 1971.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 185, No. 594.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 15, 12.

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Record last edited

Oct 8 2012 9:22AM

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