Achnacloich
Cist(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Achnacloich
Classification Cist(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13742
Site Number NH67SE 16
NGR NH 6697 7371
NGR Description NH c.6697 7371
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13742
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH67SE 16 6697 7371.
(NH 6697 7371) Three Stone Cists containing Human Remains found (NAT). OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
'When trenching in the field a short distance southeast of Easter Achnacloich farm-steading the workmen came upon three stone coffins, each containing a human skeleton. The remains were re-buried in the ground on which they were found.'
Name Book 1874; R Maclean 1886.
No further information was found during field investigation. The site lies in an arable field and is featureless.
Visited by OS (W D J) 8 May 1963.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Achnacloich 2 NH 668 738 NH67SE 14 and 16
What may be the remains of a cairn are situated 75m SE of Achnacloich. The mound, which has had recent field-gathered stones added to it, contains a possible cist measuring 0.85m from NNW to SSE by 0.5m transversely and 0.4m deep. This may be the site where three cists containing inhumations were found before 1874.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 2, p. 24; Watson 1904, 71)
