OS1/1/61/20
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWMILL | Newmill Newmill Newmill |
Mr. Ironside, North Newmill Rent Receipt Valuation Roll |
020 | Applies to a good farm steading with dwelling house situated near to the north east of the Parish. property of the Right Honble [Honourable] the Earl of Aberdeen. |
| CAIRN (Remains of) [Newmill] | Cairn (Remains of) | Mr. Gordon, Middlemuir Mr. Mitchell, Newmill Mr. Ironside, North Newmill |
020 | Nearly all the stones of this Cairn have been removed from time to time for building purposes, and very few are remaining. Tradition hath it that a Danish King was buried here. I believe there is some notice of this cairn taken in Pratt's Buchan. I am led to understand that there was about this place in former days a farm of the name of "Foukston" or "Toukstown;" & that the Cairn was named Touk's, being an [Continued on page 21] |
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[Page] 20Parish of Methlick
[Note relating to 'Cairn (Remains of)'] - This Cairn is evidently an Antiquity, but I do not
consider there is sufficient evidence to justify it
being called Touk's cairn
[Initialled] E.H.C
Capt.R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]
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