Monument record MHG8483 - Chapel Hill, Portmahomack

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 9163 8451 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH98SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish TARBAT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Stone Cists, some containing Skeletons, others Urns, with Bones and Ashes found (NAT)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907).

Several 'chests' composed of rough freestone flags were dug up c1840 at Chapel Hill near Portmahomack in levelling ground for new buildings. Each contained an unusually large and entire skeleton in a crouched position (NSA 1845).
Some of cists contained skeletons entire while others a small urn containing calcined bones and ashes (ONB 1872).
NSA (written by G Dunoon) 1845; Name Book 1872.

No further information. Visited by OS (AA) 19 September 1972.

See also NH98SW 5.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol.14 (Ross and Cromarty), 461.
  • --- 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. . 27, No.234.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 30, 35.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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