Aite Na H' Uardighean
Preaching Site (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aite Na H' Uardighean
Classification Preaching Site (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Achilitibuie, Open Air Church
Canmore ID 4470
Site Number NC00NW 5
NGR NC 0172 0925
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4470
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NC00NW 5 0172 0925
For comparable sites at Plockton (NG 8011 3023) and Am Ploc, Torridon (NG 8953 5624), see NG73SE 70 and NG85NE 15 respectively.
(NC 0172 0927) 'Aite na h'Urdrighean - place of open-air worship, especially communion, in 'natural amphitheatre'.
OS 6" map annotated by I Crawford, September 1961.
The amphitheatre has been constructed in a natural hollow, 4.5m deep on the NE side and open on the SW. The bottom has been levelled, and the open end closed by a crescentic flat-topped bank 0.9m high. It is well known locally as having been a place of worship when the population of Achiltibuie was at its greatest.
Visited by OS (G H P) 24 May 1962.
