MHG39654 - Cemetery - Clachan an Inbhir
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- CEMETERY (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
'Inverness District West Monumental Inscriptions', pre 1855
Monumental inscription survey completed by Alastair G Beattie & Margaret H Beattie . The survey may not include inscription information after 1855 and each inscription transcribed does not give the full details that appear on the stones, abbreviations used. Some ommissions and inaccuracies may be encountered. First published 1993, reprinted 1994.
J Aitken : 20/12/02
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See Report Library, Nos. 994, 1013 & 1014, Graveyard Memorial Survey by S Farrell, 1997.
J Aitken : 25/10/02.
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NH41NW 3 421 167.
(NH 4221 1662) Clachan an Inbhir {NAT.} (NH 4203 1673) St. Columba's Well {NR}
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
Clachan an inbhir is a burial place, said to be associaed with St. Columba's Well. At St. Columba's Well is an uninscribed stone slab set up when the well was cleaned out some years previous to 1871.
Name Book 1871
Legend says St. Columba caused this stone to be erected after blessing the well on his way to visit King Brude.
J Ross 1882
Columba probably founded the old church at Invermoriston, which was known as Clachan Cholumchille, or Columba' s Church. In the immediate vicinity of its site is Columba's Well - Fuara Cholumchille - a holy fountain noted for many centuries for its remarkable curative properties.
W Mackay 1914
The traditional site of St. Columba's Church was pointed out by Mr. Macdonald (Mr W Macdonald, The Smithy, Invermoriston) at NH 4203 1665, but there is nothing to be seen in the ground. St Columba's Well is marked by an inscribed stone.
No trace of the uninscribed stone slab mentioned by the O.N.B. could be found.
Clachan an Inbhir is still in use.
Visited by OS (R D) 11 May 1964
Photographs were contributed by Martin Briscoe via the Highland HER Flickr group.<1>
Sources/Archives (9)
- --- SHG1526 Text/Publication/Article: Ross, J. 1888. 'Some noteable stones and legends', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 2 1880-3, p.257-9. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 257-9. 257.
- --- SHG2160 Text/Publication/Volume: Edited by Alastair G Beattie & Margaret H Beattie. 1994. Inverness District West Monumental Inscriptions, pre 1855. 2nd.
- --- SHG23810 Image/Photograph(s): Briscoe, J M. 2008-11. Information and photographs of various sites submitted by Martin Briscoe. Colour. Yes. Digital. via Flickr.
- --- SHG2460 Text/Publication/Volume: Mackay, W. 1914. Urquhart and Glenmoriston: olden times in a Highland parish. 2nd ed.. 333.
- --- SHG3352 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 21, 33, 35.
- --- SHG4821 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4822 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4823 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4824 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4220 1664 (200m by 200m) (2 map features) |
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| Map sheet | NH41NW |
| Civil Parish | URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12288 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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