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Kildonan, The Abbot's Head
Carved Stone Head (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kildonan, The Abbot's Head
Classification Carved Stone Head (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7176
Site Number NC92SW 19
NGR NC 9105 2091
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7176
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC92SW 19 9105 2091.
'The Abbot's Head' is the name given to a rudely carved stone head preserved in the garden wall of the manse.
New Statistical Account (NSA, G S Taylor) 1840
No trace of this figure was found at the manse (NC 9105 2091) and the occupier Major MacCall has no knowledge of it.
Visited by OS (W D J) 2 June 1961
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 21 Feburary 1968
A 'three-faced Celtic god' from an unknown location in Sutherland was in the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, but is now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no: IA 46).
Information from NMAS Mss catalogue
