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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STONE CIST FOUND HERE | No. [Number] 4 Stone Cist found here Stone Cist found here Stone Cist found here |
. Mr. Paterson, Farmer, Brawland. Mr. Forbes, Farmer, Nether Wheedlemont. Mr. Cran, Farmer, Upper Ord. |
042 | About the year 1830, when Mr. Paterson, Farmer, Brawland was removing a Cairn of stones for building materials, he discovered a small sepulchral chamber, built with rude stones of various sizes measuring about 4 ft 3 in: [4 feet 3 inches] long, 4 ft broad by 18 inches deep, with the remains of the body lying East and West. This was the first Cist found on the farm. |
STONE CIST FOUND HERE | No. [Number] 5 Stone Cist found here Stone Cist found here Stone Cist found here |
. Mr. Paterson, Farmer, Brawland. Mr. Forbes, Farmer, Nether Wheedlemont. Mr. Cran, Farmer, Upper Ord. |
042 | Another of these sepulchral Chambers was discovered by the same gentleman near to the same place as No. 4, about 7 years ago, but of a different construction, it being built in the form of a large cask and measured about 4½ feet deep and 3½ feet in diameter, & was covered with a large rude flag, it contained charred human bones, and half of a skull entire. |
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