Monument record 608 - GHARAIDH, TIPPERTON, SOUTH UIST

Summary

Site of short cist cemetery

Location

Grid reference NF 73863 15411 (point)
Map sheet NF71NW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NF71NW 7 740 153.

(Area NF 740153) Stone-lined graves, with crouched skeletons, have from time to time been exposed by heavy storms among the sands, just above the high-water mark, on the south side of the small point Ceann a Gharaidh, on the south west shore of South Uist.
RCAHMS 1928.

No trace of, or information on , these graves could be found.
Visited by OS (R B) 10 May 1965.


RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 119, No. 402 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 119, No. 402.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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