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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE CIRCLE [Easter Aquhorthies] | Stone Circle Stone Circle Stone Circle |
Mr James Gray, Easter Aquhorthies Mr William Downie Foulrigg Mr James Stephen, Conglass. |
054 | A very complete Stone Circle a short distance north west of Easter Aquhorthies. It consists of eleven upright stones between four and five feet high, and on the south side of the Circle of one in a horizontal position stretched between two of the upright ones. This stone is about 8 feet long, four feet high, and 2½ feet thick, and forms a Kind of altar. It has been remarked that no two of the stones are of the same material, and it is said that stone of the Kind of which the horizontal one is composed, cannot be got on Fetternear estate. In the Collections of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff it is thus mentioned, " There is an Antient Druidical Temple in the Parish, but nothing very remarkable about it." |
| EASTER AUCHORTHIES | Easter Aquhorthies Easter Aquhorthies Easter Aquhorthies |
Mr James Gray, Tenant Mr Lumsden, Aquhorthies Mr Robert Smith, Newbigging See Auchorthies |
054 | A farm steading with offices and garden attached: property of Col. [Colonel] Charles Leslie K.H. [Knight Hanover] |
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[Page] 19Parish of Inverury
Colonel Charles Leslie K.H. [ K.H. is the designation for Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order for Chivalry]
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