Scheduled Monument

Ardslignish, burial ground 320m SW ofSM7780

Status: Designated

Documents

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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

Summary

Date Added
23/11/1999
Supplementary Information Updated
06/04/2021
Type
Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard
Local Authority
Highland
Planning Authority
Highland
Parish
Ardnamurchan
NGR
NM 56361 61041
Coordinates
156361, 761041

Description

The monument comprises a burial ground of medieval or post-medieval date. The monument lies in an area of rough grassland at around 50m OD. It consists of a D-shaped enclosure, defined by a natural rock face on the NE, and elsewhere defined by a turf covered bank measuring approximately 2m wide at base.

The enclosed area measures about 37m NE-SW by some 26m transversely and contains a number of upright stones which may be grave-markers. In the W part of the enclosure there is a wall measuring about 10m E-W, which may have formed part of a building. The burial ground is by tradition associated with St Ciaran.

The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. The area is defined by a circle 60m in diameter, centred on the burial ground, and is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of medieval and post-medieval funerary practices. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.

References

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NM 56 SE 6.

About Scheduled Monuments

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We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. The description and map (see ‘legal documents’ above) showing the scheduled area is the designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The statement of national importance and additional information provided are supplementary and provided for general information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within the statement of national importance or additional information. These records are not definitive historical or archaeological accounts or a complete description of the monument(s).

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