Guisachan House
Cist (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Guisachan House
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Guisachan House Policies; Tomich
Canmore ID 170858
Site Number NH22NE 17
NGR NH 2873 2525
NGR Description NH c. 2873 2525
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH22NE 17 c. 2873 2525
For Guisachan House (NH 2873 2525) and associated buildings, see NH22NE 7.00.
A 'Bronze Age coffin' has been rebuilt at the ruin of Guisachan House (NH22NE 7.00) 'just yards' from the findspot of the stone axes NH22NE 16. Mr W Macdonald (now deceased) recalls its discovery about 12 or 15ft from its present location while the road was being removed. The original locaton lay in the centre of a ring of lime trees whch are said to have been planted 'on the outside of a stone circle'.
Information from Mr Stuart Grant, Tomich, Cannich, Inverness-shire (per Mr T Cowie, Dept of Archaeology, Royal Museum of Scotland [RMS]), 1 September 2000.
NMRS, MS/807/2.