Archaeology Notes

Event ID 660959

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH54SW 7 5127 4134

(NH 5127 4134) Tom Na Croiseige {NR}

(Formerly a Justice Seat)

OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1907).

The burial ground of Tomnacross 'has only recently been enclosed for that purpose'. It contains the 'Seat of Judgement', an ancient circular mound with a smaller one on top, on which grew the 'Hanging Tree'.

W R MacDonald 1902

This structure consists of a grass-covered mound in the form of a truncated cone measuring 9ft in height with a surface diameter of 40ft and a basal one of about 70ft. No ditch is visible. The regular appearance of the sides which seem to have been scarped, suggest that this is probably a motte.

Information from R W Feachem, 30 August 1954

This feature is as described above. The name and tradition that it was once a gallows hill, is still known locally. No finds have been made recently.

Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (NKB), 14 December 1964.