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An Annait
Church (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name An Annait
Classification Church (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Bagh An Annaite; Bay Of The Annait
Canmore ID 4707
Site Number NC25SW 1
NGR NC 2099 5092
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4707
- Council Highland
- Parish Eddrachillis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC25SW 1 2099 5092
(NC 2099 5092) 'An Annait' is the name given to a rock, which in turn gives name to Bagh an Annaite, Bay of the Annait, to the north.
Annait is a ninth to tenth century term for a church-site of any kind abandoned during that period, and not subsequently re-used as the site of a focal church.
Name Book 1875; OS 6"map, Sutherland, 1st ed., (1875); A Macdonald 1973.
There is local knowledge of a church or associated site, or of tradition pertaining to one. There is nothing significant on the ground.
Visited by OS (J M), 9 June 1980.
