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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEET HILL | Meet Hill Meet Hill Meet Hill Mete-hill |
George Whyte Esqr. Proprietor A. Walker Esqr. Richmond Mr. Clark Peterhead Annals of Peterhead by J. Buchan 1819. p49 |
023 | Applies to a pretty large eminence situated about 1¼ Miles South West of the Town of Peterhead and on the West side of the road leading from Peterhead to Aberdeen upon the highest point of which the Reform Tower was erected in 1833 "There is, on a little eminence called the Mete-hill, in this parish, a mound of earth evidently artificial, and which probably in former times was a place for distributing justice during the feudal government." [Annals of Peterhead by J. Buchan 1819 p.49] |
| Site of TUMULUS [Meet Hill] | Moat Hill Site of Tumulus |
Buchan by the Rev. [Reverend] J.B. Pratt M.A. [Master of Arts] Cruden. p81 George Whyte Esqr. A. Walker Esqr. Mr. Clark |
023 | "Crossing the turnpike and ascending the Moat Hill we reach the Reform Tower erected in 1833 soon after the passing of the Reform bill. The spot on which the Tower is raised was an artificial tumulus of earth. Tradition records it as a place for the administration of justice; but judging from the discovery, while digging for the foundations of the tower, of a Stone crypt containing a bowl-shaped kind of Urn, which enclosed some fragments of the bones of a human being including the lower jawbone with part of the teeth adhering we may suppose it to have been a barrow, or place of Sepulture." [Buchan by the Rev. [Reverend] J.B. Pratt M.A. [Master of Arts] Cruden. p81] |
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