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Garlic Hill

Human Remains (17th Century)(Possible)

Site Name Garlic Hill

Classification Human Remains (17th Century)(Possible)

Canmore ID 15553

Site Number NH95NW 25

NGR NH 915 552

NGR Description NH c.915 552

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Auldearn
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Nairn
  • Former County Nairn

Archaeology Notes

NH95NW 25 915 552.

NH 915552. Human Bones found here. When reclaiming the greater part of Garlic Hill a great quantity of human bones were found and buried in the Dead Wood. No date of the discovery could be ascertained. (But see NH95NW 12 - Site of Battle).

Name Book 1869

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Field Visit (April 1978)

Garlic Hill NH 915 552 NH95NW

Bones discovered in this area before 1869 are possibly associated with the Battle of Auldearn which was fought nearby in 1645.

RCAHMS 1978, visited April 1978

Name Book, Nairnshire, no. 3, p. 34; OS Record Card NH 95 NW 12

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