Monument record MHG6321 - 3 Cists w Pottery, Achnacloich Castle

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6700 7347 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH67SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish ROSSKEEN

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Three Stone Cists containing Human Remains, Two Urns and Black Pottery found (NAT).
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

While trenching field in which the remains of Achnacloich Castle stand and within the supposed circumference of the site, three stone coffins were found, each containing a human skeleton, but in the usual position. Two urns were also found but both were unfortunately broken. The whole were reburied on the spot on which they were discovered. Black pottery was also found.
Name Book 1874; R Maclean 1886.

No further information was found during field investigation. The site, in a grass pasture field, is featureless.
Visited by OS (W D J) 8 May 1963.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Maclean, R. 1886. 'The Parish of Rosskeen', Trans Gaelic Soc Inverness Vol. 12 1885-6, p.324-39. Trans Gaelic Soc Inverness. 324-39. 334.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 14, No. 85.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 2, 23.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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