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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STONE CELT FOUND HERE [South Middlethird] | Stone Celt found here (AD 1861) Stone Celt found here (AD 1861) Stone Celt found here (AD 1861) |
Mr. William Alexander Castlehill Mr. Alexander Mowet Arnybogs Mr. John Thomson |
029 | About seven years ago a stone celt was found on the farm of South Middlethird it measured about four inches in length and about two inches in width it is of a blue slaty kind of stone and looks as if it had been polished |
URN FOUND HERE A.D. 1848 | Urn found here (A.D. 1848) Urn found here (A.D. 1848) Urn found here (A.D. 1848) |
Mr. John Barrack Monteach Mr. John Thomson South Middlethird Mr. John Coutts Cairnorrie |
029 | About 20 years ago the farmer of South Middlethird removed a small pile of stones not far from the farmsteading when he discovered a urn about 10 inches long and 5 inches in diametor containing burnt bones. |
Site of CAIRN [Skilmanae] | Site of Cairn Site of Cairn Site of Cairn |
Mr. Andrew Duncan Middlethird Mr. William Marnock Monteach Mr. George Sheriff Brownhill |
029 | This cairn was situated on the western slope of the hill of Skilmonea it stood about 5 feet in height and about six yards in diametor it was removed in 1858 for the purpose of makeing improvements This cairn is an Antiquity. |
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[Page] 45Co. [County] Aberdeen -- Parish of Methlick
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