Monument record MHG7801 - Graveyard, Clach na h'Annaid

Described as Infants Burial Ground (disused) on 1st ed OS and "Burial Ground (disused) on 2nd ed OS - HAW 6/2004

NH35SW 1 3403 5481.
Place name evidence strongly suggests that there was an early Celtic religious settlement in area of Carn na h'Annaid, Allt na h'Annaid, Clach na h'Annaid and Cladh na h'Annaid.
W J Watson 1904

The Burial Ground at 3403 5481 is said to have been used for children who had not been baptised.
Name Book 1875

There is no local knowledge of Celtic monastic establishment in area. The name, 'Cladh na h'Annaid' refers to a disused graveyard at NH34035481, now visible as a rectangular enclosure bounded by vague turf-covered footings of a rubble wall. No graves remain, and date of last interment could not be ascertained. The tradition regarding unbaptised children could not be confirmed.
Clach na h'Annaid is a huge natural boulder on S side of road at NH 3395 5473
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 24 October 1966

'Annait' is C9-10 term for a church-site of any kind abandoned during period and not subsequently re-used as site of a focal church.
A MacDonald 1973