Glen Avon, 'uaimh Abhainn'
Gravestone(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glen Avon, 'uaimh Abhainn'
Classification Gravestone(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 15948
Site Number NJ10NE 1
NGR NJ 1655 0985
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15948
- Council Moray
- Parish Kirkmichael (Moray)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
Nineteenth century accounts describe an arrangement of two large stones, named Uaimh Abhainn, which once stood to the west of the River Livet north of The Neilead. The position of the stones was marked on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map of Banffshire, surveyed in 1869. Local tradition stated that the stones marked the resting place of Abhainn, wife of the legendary hero, Fingal. The precise nature of the site is uncertain.
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NJ10NE 1 1655 0985
(NJ 1655 0985) Uaimh Abhainn (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
Two large stones traditionally marking the burial place of Abhainn, the wife of Fingal.
Name Book 1869.
No trace and no further information.
Visited by OS (NKB), 10 August 1966.
Site of burial-place marked by two large stones in the floor of a steep-sided glen at an altitude of about 390m OD.
Now no trace and no further information.
NMRS, MS/712/40.