Stonefield
Burial Ground (Period Unknown)
Site Name Stonefield
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Port Nan Paisd; Infants' Graveyard
Canmore ID 39363
Site Number NR87SE 2
NGR NR 8636 7201
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39363
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish South Knapdale
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR87SE 2 8636 7201.
(NR 8636 7201) Burial Ground (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 1st ed., (1867)
Mr McKellar, the grieve at Stonefield, states that in olden times, children were brought from various parts of the country and buried in this small piece of ornamental ground adjoining the bay of Port nam Paisd.
Name Book 1867.
In his book, White (1875) adds that this burial ground is covered by a small fir coppice. It was not identified by Campbell and Sandeman.
T P White 1875; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
There is no trace of a burial ground in this area.
No further information.
Visited by OS (D W R) 21 June 1973.
Field Visit (August 1976)
No visible remains of this infants' graveyard were identified. It is supposed to have given its name to the adjacent inlet, Port nan Paisd ('harbour of the child') (en.1).
RCAHMS 1992, visited August 1976
