Brightmony
Long Cist(S) (Early Medieval)
Site Name Brightmony
Classification Long Cist(S) (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 15585
Site Number NH95SW 1
NGR NH 9344 5490
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15585
- Council Highland
- Parish Auldearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH95SW 1 9344 5490.
(NH 9344 5490) Stone Coffins found (NAT)
OS 6" map (1906)
Stone coffins containing human remains were found, about 1800, in a small wooded knoll.
Name Book 1869
No further information about the coffins. The site is a natural knoll 2.0m high. A large pit, now containing field-clearance stones, has been dug on the south side.
Visited by OS (RB) 26 November 1965
Field Visit (May 1978)
Hillend NH 934 549 NH95SW 1
'Stone coffins' were found about 1809 set into a natural knoll.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
Name Book, Nairn, no. 3, p. 37; OS 6-inch map, Nairnshire, 2nd edition, 1906, sheet ii
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