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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
STONE CIRCLE (Remains of) Circle (Remains of)
Circle (Remains of)
Circle (Remains of)
Revd. [Reverend] John Keith Keith Hall
Mr. John Shewan, Peathill
Mr. James Johnston, Kinmuck
055 In a Statistical Account of this parish written about 1780 the writer, the Rev. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Keith, says, "there are three Druid's temples, and remains of several more, in this district." No trace of either now remains, with the exception of one solitary upright stone on the farm of Peathill. "The antiquities in this quarter have suffered much from the ploughshare and the erection of stone fences. The Cairns or mounds raised to commemorate ancient heroes and events have been broken down, and the place of the Druidic temples that stood in the end of the last century is now unmarked with one exception, where a single stone remains nearly two and a half feet square and seven feet high. It is remarkable that the corn grows very luxuriant around this solitary pillar to a distance of fifteen yards and has always been eighteen inches higher than the crop immediately beside it" Extract from Statistical Account of Aberdeenshire - Page 743.
URN FOUND HERE Urn found here
Urn found here
Mr. John Shewan, Farmer, Peathill
Mr. John Donald, Peterhead
055 Almost underneath this stone, the last tenant of the farm of Peathill - Mr. John Donald, found an Urn, which was sometime ago and may still be in his possession, but of its size and form, or what it contained, no information can be gleaned in this district. There was a second Urn also found on this farm, but where, cannot be shewn.

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