Glencoe, Lairig Eilde
Classifications: Cairn(Period Unassigned) (Plural)
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Location Details
Local authority: Highland
Parish: Ardchattan And Muckairn (Lochaber)
Former region: Highland
Former district: Lochaber
Former county: Argyll
Further details
Site number: NN15SE 1
National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 23694
Related resources
Glencoe, Lairig Eilde, NN15SE 1, Ordnance Survey index card,…
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Glencoe, Lairig Eilde, NN15SE 1, Ordnance Survey index card,…
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
1 Note
Category: Descriptive accounts
Event reference: 676302
NN15SE 1 17013 53517.
(Group of Five ? centred at NN 170 535) (Cairns) (NAT)
OS 6" map (1875)
On top of the watershed of the pass between Glen Etive and Glencoe - Lairig Eilde - are five small cairns where people rested in carrying the dead from Glen Etive to the burial ground at Ballachulish.
Name Book 1869-97
An archaeological survey has been undertaken to inform the National Trust for Scotland of the range of archaeological features on their Glencoe Estate, with additional information relating to historic sources, management, interpretation and possibilities for future research.
NN 170 535 No trace remains of the 5 coffin cairns recorded in the 19th century.
J Harden and J Wordsworth 1996
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| Archive reference | Title | Catalogue level | Preview |
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| MS 8054 | Report: 'Glencoe Archaeological Survey 1996, Volume 1 and 2' by Jill Harden and Jonathan Wordsworth | Item Level |  |
| SC 2386207 | Glencoe, Lairig Eilde, NN15SE 1, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto | Item Level |  |
| SC 2386208 | Glencoe, Lairig Eilde, NN15SE 1, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto | Item Level |  |
References
Harden and Wordsworth J and J. (1996c) 'Glencoe Estate, Lochaber (Ardchattan and Muckairn; Lismore and Appin parishes), survey', Discovery Excav Scot 1996 Page(s): 57
Harden, J. & Wordsworth, J.. (1996) Glencoe Archaeology Survey 1996
Ordnance Survey (Name Book). (1848-1878) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale). Page(s): Book No. , 44 RCAHMS Shelf Number: Ref
