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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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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