MHG42147 - Cist w finds, Uaigh Gillechunne
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Uaigh Gillechunne. Stone Coffin containing two urns found AD 1763. (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
Uamh Gillichuinne is a stone coffin only the sides of which now remain. Two urns filled with ashes were found in it in 1763. Tradition does not say who Gillichuinne was.
OSA 1794
Uaigh Gillechunne: The remaining stones of the coffin were removed for use in the building of the older part of the present manse.
Name Book 1872
No trace exists. No further information.
Visited by OS (J B) 25 July 1975
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG21 Text/Publication/Article: Hanley, R and Sheridan, A. 1994. 'A beaker cist from Balblair, near Beauly, Inverness District', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol 124, pp 129-39. p 137.
- --- SHG2606 Text/Publication/Volume: Sir John Sinclair (ed.). 1791-9. The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. Vol. 13, 525.
- --- SHG2673 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 14, No. 80.
- --- SHG3381 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 49, 25-6.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5116 4174 (6m by 6m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH54SW |
| Civil Parish | KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12747 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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