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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STONE CISTS FOUND HERE A.D. 1859 [South Middlethird] | Stone Cists found here (A.D. 1859) | Pratts Buchan A.F. Douglas Esq. Haddo House Mr. John Thomson |
029 | In 1859 a fine specimen of a stone coffin was laid bare by some workmen who were digging for sand on the site of Rotten Cairn it contained a human Skeleton lying almost north and south a few years after another coffin was found about 2 feet and a half by 2 feet the head pointed towards the north west ant [and] the foot south east it contained an urn with burnt bones and ashes. |
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[Page] 44Parish of Methlick
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