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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Diarmaid's Grave Alternative Name: Uaigh DiarmaidCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Village: Inverinate
Map Ref: NG93992085
Latitude: 57.231865N Longitude: 5.414856W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The OS, who visited the site in 1974 reported that only 13 of the stones were then visible. However, fifteen stones were identified on a site visit in April 2007, most partly hidden by vegetation. The structure is oriented roughly SE/NW.
Lochart Bogle reported the local tradition that the stones are the grave of Diarmaid, one of the heroes of the Ossianic sagas, and of Diarmaid’s wife. According to the Canmore database (NG92SW2), following BG Maccrow (1948), ‘tradition says that Diarmid, Fingal's nephew, and Grainne, Fingal's wife, are buried here’. Grainne was indeed betrothed to Fingal, but she eloped from the wedding party with Diarmaid and subsequently became his wife.
Canmore also notes the perhaps slightly more prosaic explanation that the site is a Viking grave or ship burial.
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