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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SATAN'S WELL | Satan's Well Satan's Well Satan's Well |
Henry Lumsden Esq. Colonel Knight Erskine Mr George Selbie, Schoolmaster |
045 | A fine spring well situated on the south side of the Gallow Hill. Supposed to have been used as a "Witch Pot' about the time when the proprietors had the privilege of Pot and Gallows. |
STONE CIST AND URN FOUND HERE A.D. 1866 [Newton of Balquhain] | Urn and Cist found here A.D. 1866 | Copied from the Banffshire Journal of Tuesday 28th August 1866 | 045 | On Wednesday last during some improvements on the hill of Newton of Balquhain, which are in process of being carried out, a cist was come upon. It was carefully opened, and in it was found an Urn in a complete state of preservation, beautifully shaped and tastefully carved. It contained ashes, a flint of an oval shape flattened, its two axes being about the length of an egg. There was also a small pin of iron with a small ring at one end. |
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