Achnacloich
Cist(S) (Prehistoric), Cinerary Urn(S) (Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Prehistoric)
Site Name Achnacloich
Classification Cist(S) (Prehistoric), Cinerary Urn(S) (Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13743
Site Number NH67SE 17
NGR NH 6700 7348
NGR Description NH c.6700 7384
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13743
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH67SE 17 6700 7348.
(NH 67007348) Three Stone Cists containing Human Remains, Two Urns and Black Pottery found (NAT).
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
While trenching the field in which the remains of Achnacloich Castle stand and within the supposed circumference of the site, three stone coffins were found, each containing a human skeleton, but in the usual position. Two urns were also found but both were unfortunately broken. The whole were reburied on the spot on which they were discovered. Black pottery was also found.
Name Book 1874; R Maclean 1886.
No further information was found during field investigation. The site, in a grass pasture field, is featureless.
Visited by OS (W D J) 8 May 1963.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Achnacloich NH 670 734 NH67SE 17
This group of three cists was found before 1874; each contained an inhumation. 'Two urns' and 'black pottery' were also found.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 2, p. 23)
