Monument record MHG8158 - 3 Cists w burials, Easter Achnacloich

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Grid reference Centred NH 6696 7371 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH67SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish ROSSKEEN

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

'When trenching in the field a short distance southeast of Easter Achnacloich farm-steading the workmen came upon three stone coffins, each containing a human skeleton. The remains were re-buried in the ground on which they were found.'
Name Book 1874; R Maclean 1886.

No further information was found during field investigation. The site lies in an arable field and is featureless.
Visited by OS (W D J) 8 May 1963.

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  • --- 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. 333.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 2, 24.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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