Monument record 591 - CLADH CHOINNICH, SOUTH UIST

Summary

Chapel & burial ground

Location

Grid reference NF 79630 19980 (point)
Map sheet NF71NE
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

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


RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 120, No. 411 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 12, 72 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 12, 72.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 120, No. 411.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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