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Lochend
Burial Ground (17th Century)(Possible), Grave Marker (17th Century)
Site Name Lochend
Classification Burial Ground (17th Century)(Possible), Grave Marker (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Monzievaird Chalets, Ochtertyre, Crieff
Canmore ID 25504
Site Number NN82SW 11
NGR NN 8358 2310
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25504
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Monzievaird And Strowan
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN82SW 11 8358 2310.
(NN 8358 2310) Burial-place of persons who died of the Plague (17th century) (NAT)
OS 6" map (1959)
The graves of plague-victims of Charles I's reign.
Porteous 1822
A small natural knoll said to have been the burial-place of persons who died of the plague in the early part of the 17th century.
Name Book 1863
The flat-topped knoll shows no evidence of antiquity.
Visited by OS (EGC) 9 December 1966
Watching Brief (20 June 2018)
NN 8358 2310 A watching brief was carried out, 20 June 2018,
during the excavation of engineers’ test pits in advance of
development. The area was considered of interest as it may
be partially located over a 17th-century plague pit, shown on
the 1st Edition OS map of 1863. The excavation of four pits
at, or close, to the four corners of a proposed new dining hall
was monitored.
Two of the test pits at the western end of the site (01 and
04) contained nothing of archaeological significance. The
northern test pit at the site’s E end (02) contained made up
ground with some 19th-century sherds of green glass. The
southern test pit (03) contained a large stone slab of grey
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sandstone 0.70m below turf surface. The slab measures
1.85m N/S, 1.26m E/W and is 0.1m thick. In the centre of
slab is a panel, 1.32 x 0.88m, defined by an incised border
0.10m wide by 5mm. There is a small shallow channel or
groove on the N side of the panel that enters the border.
It has been broken into three conjoining parts, the surface
of the slab has been dressed flat and the style of the stone
looks 17th century. The slab has no inscription and is
possibly a recumbent relocated unfinished grave marker,
most likely to be indicating the location of the victims who
died of the plague in the 17th century during Charles I’s
reign. The slab was not lifted and was reburied in situ.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Young Life International
Ray Cachart – Alder Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 19)
