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Erchite
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Erchite
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12611
Site Number NH53SE 1
NGR NH 5783 3129
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12611
- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH53SE 1 5783 3129.
There was a chapel situated in a sloping field in or near Erchit Wood, still spoken of locally as Acha' Chille. Sometime ago an ancient key was turned up on the site (which has been ploughed over).
Sinton 1910
In an extract from the family records kept in Aldourie Castle is the following: 'There was a chapel and burying ground in the pheasant field below Wester Erchite farm' (Colonel A Cameron, Aldourie Castle, Dores) NH 57833129. According to Colonel Angus Cameron of Aldourie Castle and the farmer of Easter Erchite, the pheasant field is situated at NH 5780 3125. The field is now partly afforested but a clearing remains. Within the clearing are the remains of a rectangular enclosure which has been levelled out of the steep, NW facing hillside. The enclosure consists of a stone and turf bank, 6.0m. maximum width on the NE side, and measures 28.5m NE-SW by 14.0m NW-SE; there is a probable entrance in the NW side. The interior is featureless and it is likely that the enclosure is the remains of the burial ground mentioned above rather than the chapel.
The area around the pheasant field is thickly wooded.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (E G C) 20 March 1962
