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Cille an t-Suidhe Lismore Argyllshire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Archaeological note about a circle at Cillant-suidhe [Cille an t-Suidhe], 23 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/59
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Archaeological note about a circle at Cillant-suidhe, Achadhun [Cille an t-Suidhe, Achadun, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal] describing it as 'under rushes & ferns especially iris. 37 yards x 37. Hid from sea by a small ridge in a field low lying between ridges.'

Dates: 23 August 1886

Note on 'Cill an t-Suidhe', August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/55
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Note probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire that Cill[e] an t-Suidhe [Achadh na Croise/Achnacroish, Lios Mòr/Lismore] was used to bury people from the mainland as wolves had been digging up graves and bodies. Carmichael notes that it is 'the burial place of Bail-an righ & Bearigdunn - Dun val-a-rì' [possibly Baile nan Gobhann/Balnagown].

Dates: August 1883

Placename note which reads 'Kill = an t suidhe at Achaur', September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/27
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Placename note which reads 'Kill = an t suidhe at Achaur' indicating the presence of a chapel at Achuaran.

Dates: September 1870