Loch Doine, Imirriabhach, Burial Ground
Burial Ground (18th Century)
Site Name Loch Doine, Imirriabhach, Burial Ground
Classification Burial Ground (18th Century)
Canmore ID 23937
Site Number NN41NE 1
NGR NN 46048 19117
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23937
- Council Stirling
- Parish Balquhidder
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN41NE 1 46048 19117
(NN 4604 1912) Burial Ground (NR).
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed., (1901)
A tombstone in the burial ground dated 1777 records that John Mcgregor who died in 1744, aged 70 years, "built this chapel for himself and family ..."
The wall of the burial ground is about 7ft high on the south side, lower on the others.
G A F Knight 1914
The Minister of Balquhidder was almost certain that this now disused burial ground had been in use before 1688. There is only one gravestone visible (mentioned above).
Visited by OS (G B) 20 October 1954.
The burial ground measures 9.4m square and is generally as described by Knight (1914) and OS surveyor. The dates on the tombstone are considerably weathered but it would appear that Mcgregor was 76 or 70 when he died. No further information could be fould locally.
Visited by OS (R D) 16 December 1968.
Note (1979)
lmmirriabhach, Burial-ground NN 460 191 NN41NE 1
Although the earliest decipherable graveslab is dated 1777 or 1771 it has been suggested that this small rectangular burial-ground was in use prior to 1688.
RCAHMS 1979
(Knight 1914, 150-1)
