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Ardlamont, Sailor's Grave
Grave (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ardlamont, Sailor's Grave
Classification Grave (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 39814
Site Number NR96NE 12
NGR NR 97335 65444
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39814
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR96NE 12 97335 65444
The grave of a sailor, found washed ashore among the rocks. It is entirely covered by a thick layer of white quartz pebbles. Its age has not been established, but it is shown on very clear Admiralty charts.
Name Book 1863; F S Mackenna 1982.
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
Address: Sailor's Grave, Ardlamont
Postcode: PA21 2AH
Status: Abandoned
Size: N/a
TOIDs:
Number of gravestones: 1
Earliest gravestone: Not known
Most recent gravestone: Not known
Description: Isolated burial
Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 23 September 2005; Graveyard Recording Form dated 14 April 2003
This grave may be linked with the loss (in 1877) of the SS Moonlight (NR96NE 8003), which is recorded nearby.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 December 2009.
