Glac Nan Ceannaichean
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Glac Nan Ceannaichean
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) The Merchant's Grave
Canmore ID 15154
Site Number NH85NW 2
NGR NH 8148 5574
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15154
- Council Highland
- Parish Ardersier
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH85NW 2 8148 5574.
(NH 8148 5574) Glac nan Ceannaichean (NAT)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
A hollow which is traditionally the site where rival packmen slew each other and are buried; it is locally well-known as the Merchants' Graves or Hollow; The Gaelic means Merchants' Hollow.
Name Book 1870.
There is no local knowledge of the tradition attached to this site, which is a natural small hollow in an arable field.
Visited by OS (R D) 11 August 1964.
