Image) about 500 metres to the south. There is no trace of an old church here, and both of these names are thought to be referring instead to an ancient burial ground, a Bronze Age cemetery that was located in this area [see Simon Taylor's chapter in the book "Changing Identities, Ancient Roots: the History of West Dunbartonshire from Earliest Times"]. From the eighteenth century down to recent times, various cists and funerary urns have been found near here, some containing ashes, others containing bones.."> Track to the Shanacles
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Track to the Shanacles

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Track to the Shanacles

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 19 Apr 2013

The name Shanacles is thought to represent the Gaelic "seann eaglais" (old church); the idea finds support in the fact that there is a synonymous "Old Kirk" (Image) about 500 metres to the south. There is no trace of an old church here, and both of these names are thought to be referring instead to an ancient burial ground, a Bronze Age cemetery that was located in this area [see Simon Taylor's chapter in the book "Changing Identities, Ancient Roots: the History of West Dunbartonshire from Earliest Times"]. From the eighteenth century down to recent times, various cists and funerary urns have been found near here, some containing ashes, others containing bones.

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.024184
Longitude
-4.555695