Càrn na Marbh

Tumulus in Scotland

Càrn na Marbh (meaning "mound" or "cairn of the dead") is a re-used Bronze Age tumulus, located in Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. The mound was used in the 14th century for burying victims of the plague away from the church graveyard. A stone, known as Clach a' Phlàigh, "the Plague Stone" crowns the mound and may be an original standing stone and commemorates the plague victims who were buried here in the 14th century. A tablet on the stone is inscribed with the words: “Here lie the victims of the Great Plague of the 14th Century, taken here on a sledge drawn by a white horse led by an ol

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Type:

Tumulus

Coordinates:

56.60°N, 4.05°W

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