Spittal Of Glenshee
Non Antiquity
Site Name Spittal Of Glenshee
Classification Non Antiquity
Canmore ID 29631
Site Number NO17SW 4
NGR NO 11 70
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO17SW 4 11 70.
No evidence of a hospital at Spittal of Glenshee has been discovered. The earliest reference found is to the lands of "Spittale of Glensche" in 1542. The possibility that there was a chapel in Glenshee is suggested by the mention of the Chapel-crofts in 1615 and 1641.
D E Easson 1957
It is generally believed locally that Spittal is a corruption of the Gaelic work meaning,'narrow pass between the hills,' and is not associated with a hospital. If this translation is correct the name Spittal fits the position perfectly. There is no evidence suggesting the existence of either a chapel or hospital on the site (see NO17SW 11).
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) 24 April 1987.
