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Lochend
Cist (Period Unassigned), Beaker
Site Name Lochend
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned), Beaker
Canmore ID 12578
Site Number NH53NE 2
NGR NH 5965 3785
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12578
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH53NE 2 5965 3785.
A short cist containing a crouched burial with a beaker and a flint nodule has been found fifteen inches below ground level on a bank about 130 feet above the north shore of Loch Ness and about 30 yards from the main Inverness-Fort William road, on the Dochfour Estate at Lochend, on 6th September 1941. The contents of the cist have been presented to Inverness Museum.
V G Childe 1944
NH 5965 3785 The approximate site of this discovery was pointed out by the local roadman, Mr. J. MacLean, Lurgmore, Lochend, who stated that at the spot was a gravelly knoll. An occupation road into some house now occupies the site of the knoll.
Visited by OS (J L D) 22 March 1962
