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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
URN FOUND HERE [nr Duffel Stone] Urn found here
Urn found here
Urn found here
Mr. Duff. Farmer. New Noth
Mr. Donald. Watchmaker, Rhynie
John Cruickshank Newtown
034 About the year 1823, when the road Trustees were making the Turnpike road leading from Rhynie to Huntly: the workmen when digging for sand (for the use of the road) at or about the Dremel Stone dug up this Stone and placed it about 20 feet from its original position; they discovered at a depth of between 3 & 4 feet from the Surface an urn firmly embedded in the Sand, Containing bone & Coins. Ashes were found at the bottom of the Urn; at the sameplace Tartan was found but so decomposed that it could [continued on next page]

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Parish of Rhynie

Note: Urn found here: [Sketch of urn]

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