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South Uist, Cladh Choinnich

Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)

Site Name South Uist, Cladh Choinnich

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)

Canmore ID 9782

Site Number NF71NE 1

NGR NF 7963 1998

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish South Uist
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NF71NE 1 7963 1998

(NF 7963 1998 ) Chapel & Cladh Choinnich (NR) (Site of)

OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

"It is traditionally known that there once stood a chapel and burying ground where marked on plan. But there is none now living who can point out with certainty the exact spot" (Name Book 1878) mentioned only (RCAHMS 1928).

Name Book 1878; RCAHMS 1928

There is no trace of either chapel or burial ground in the area indicated: the structures shown on the map are part of an area of minor depopulation.

Visited by OS (N K B) 11 May 1965

Activities

Note (1928)

Chapel and Cladh Choinnich.

Shown on map as a site near the shore opposite to and north-east of Lochboisdale.

RCAHMS 1928 No. 411

OS map: South Uist lvii.

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