Kirkton
Cist (Period Unassigned), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Coin (Silver)(16th Century)
Site Name Kirkton
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Coin (Silver)(16th Century)
Canmore ID 13183
Site Number NH63NW 4
NGR NH 6021 3849
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13183
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH63NW 4 6021 3849.
(NH 6021 3849) Site of Stone Circle [NR] Silver Coin of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and Stone Coffin found. A.D. 1847 [NAT]
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1905)
The site of a Stone Circle situated a short distance to the south of the Free Church. This circle is said to have been in a good state of preservation previous to 1846 when the principal stones were used in erecting the Free Church. The ground was cultivated next year and in the interior of the circle a stone coffin was found together with a silver coin dating from the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Name Book 1870.
No feature exists at this site which is situated in a cultivated field
Visited by OS (J L D) 24 March 1962.
