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Duart Castle, Burial-ground

Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Duart Castle, Burial-ground

Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Old Burial Ground

Canmore ID 278837

Site Number NM73NW 1.01

NGR NM 74952 35261

NGR Description Centred NM 74952 35261

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Torosay
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NM73NW 1.01 centred 74952 35261

Beside Duart Castle is a burial ground with the graves of English officers who died there while the castle was occupied by the Englash (after 1745).

List of Ancient Monuments in Argyll, 1915 (Argyll County Council).

NM 7494 3525. Above confirmed.

Visited by OS (RD), 17 May 1972.

The burial ground is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, Island of Mull 1880, sheet xcvii), as a rectangular enclosure and annotated as 'Old Burial Ground'.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2006

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