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Aerial view of Gilchrist, Muir of Ord, Easter Ross, looking SE.

SC 1903113

Description Aerial view of Gilchrist, Muir of Ord, Easter Ross, looking SE.

Date 1999

Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 1903113

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content At the top is the church of the former parish of Kilchrist, united with Urray in 1574, traditionally said to have been burnt in 1603. The church was re-roofed circa 1870 and is now the mausoleum of the MacKenzies of Ord. In the middle foreground is the site of Gilchrist promontory fort. Crop marks from aerial photos show an arc of 3 concentric ditches which formed part of the defensive system, early Bronze age to Pictish. The site was excavated by North of Scotland Archaeological Society in 2018. Mansfield show ground is on the R. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2019/15

External Reference P11159

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1903113

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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