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Burial-Ground And Obelisk, Dochfour House

A Category B Listed Building in Aird and Loch Ness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4286 / 57°25'43"N

Longitude: -4.3154 / 4°18'55"W

OS Eastings: 261074

OS Northings: 839955

OS Grid: NH610399

Mapcode National: GBR H9Q2.VBN

Mapcode Global: WH3FH.PJ7Z

Plus Code: 9C9QCMHM+FR

Entry Name: Burial-Ground And Obelisk, Dochfour House

Listing Name: Dochfour House Obelisk and Private Burial Ground

Listing Date: 5 October 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 340109

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB8063

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200340109

Location: Inverness and Bona

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness

Parish: Inverness And Bona

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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Description

1835. Tall grey granite obelisk rising from square panelled
plinth on stepped base.
Burial ground; obelisk stands within small walled burial
ground; low coped late 19th century (probably 1883) tooled
ashlar wall with entrance flanked by square ashlar piers with
shaped caps; pair cast- and wrought-iron gates. Various late
19th and early 20th century tombstones and crosses.

Statement of Interest

Obelisk inscribed to Evan Baillie OB 1835 AET 95 and also

Evan Baillie OB 1883 AET 85 Members of both Baillie and

Burton family buried in grave-yard......

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