Oblique aerial view of the Maclean Burial Ground, Ardnish centred on the remains of a burial enclosure, taken from the S.

Description Oblique aerial view of the Maclean Burial Ground, Ardnish centred on the remains of a burial enclosure, taken from the S.

Date 19/5/1998

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 875308

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 32068

Scope and Content 19th century Maclean burial ground, Coll, Argyll and Bute The island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides lies to the north-west of Mull. The small burial-enclosure of the MacLean family stands above the east shore of Crossapol Bay. Coll was granted to John MacLean by the Lords of the Isles in the early 15th century and the Macleans owned the island until 1856. This shows the burial enclosure (centre) that is the resting place of Alexander Maclean, 15th Chieftain of Coll. It was built in 1802 to house the remains of his wife. The traditional resting place of the Maclean chieftains was in the Killunaig burial-ground. It is believed that the 15th Chieftain chose a different location fearing that the Killunaig cemetery was at risk from sand drifting. The pronounced ridges in the land (centre left and bottom right) are the remains of 'lazy beds', a pre-crofting cultivation system associated with a period when the population of the island would have been high. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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