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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCULPTURED STONES (Removed from Castle Hill) [Townhead, Kintore] | Sculptured Stones (Removed from Castle Hill) | Mr Alexander Watt Mr James Sheppard Mr Thomas Watt |
065 | "Of the Stones at Kintore, figured in these plates Nos. [Numbers] 2 and 3 were found embedded in the "Castle Hill", a mound near the church, recently removed by railway operations, which was about thirty feet in height, by 150 feet in diameter. It appeared, on examination, that the original surface of the Castle Hill had been about 10 feet lower than the modern one. The former was found to be covered with a layer of charred earth; and along the east margin, and for some distance inwards from it, were deposited, in an irregular manner, a number of small stones, among which were eleven large blocks. Among the latter, the Stones Nos. [Numbers] 2 and 3 were found, and from the appearance presented by the whole, it seems probable that a circle of large stones, connected by a low wall of smaller ones (as is still the case with one class of the "Druidical Circles") has formerly stood on the summit of this hill, and that they had been overthrown and scattered, and covered over with earth to the depth of about 10 feet, so as to form the modern Castle Hill. * * * It is probable that some of the other stones in the Castle Hill were sculptured, but, unfortunately, they were speedily broken up for building railway bridges. The two now referred to were rescued from destruction by Mr Alexander Watt of Kintore. * * * A corner of the stone No. 2 appears to have been broken out designedly, and the animal , usually called "the Elephant" which occurs on both sides, is on one side inverted. The stone No. 3 is only the fragment of a larger block. [Continued on Page 82] |
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