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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of BATTLE between the Scots and Danes A.D. 1014 [Ardendraught] | (Site of) Battle of Cruden (Site of) Battle of Cruden (Site of) Battle of Cruden |
Revd Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Pratt. Cruden Alexander Murray. Nethermill Keith Forbes. Chapel Hill. |
032 | [Continued from page 134] (Site of) Battle of Cruden, (Continued) According to Boethius, provision was made for the daily performance of the services in the chapel, and a stipend provided by Malcolm, from the public exchequer for the priests appointed to perform them. - Hist. [History], fol. [folio] 253. Sect. [Section. 30.) Buchanan (B VI) gives nearly the same account of the sanguinary conflict as Boethius. The Danes never afterwards visited the shores of Scotland with hostile intent. The numerous tumuli, indicating the graves of the slain, were kept inviolate till very lately, when the greater part of the consecrated field was invaded by by the plough, and the long-respected resting places of the slain were rudely disturbed. On the 28th day of Oct. [October] 1857, Major General Moore, who was on a visit at Slains Castle, superintended the opening of several graves around this chapel and within its precincts, when skulls and other human bones were found. In the course of what had been the nave of the Church, about 4 feet of sand were removed, when what appears to have been the floor was discovered. It consists of a mixture of Clay and lime of about four inches in thickness. Two feet below this were found, imbedded in Sand, a quantity of human remains, consisting of thigh, arm, and collar bones, and vertebrae, all in a more or less decayed state. Three skulls were also discovered, lying side by side, each supported by two stones about the size of a man's head. One of these skulls was remarkable for its great size and thickness, measuring about seven inches across the Crown. [Continued on page 136] |
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[Page] 135Parish of Cruden
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