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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MAINS OF TOLQUHON Mains of Tolquhon
Mains of Tolquhon
Mains of Tolquhon
Mr. Robert Garden Occupier
Mr. William Booth Mains of Tolquhon
Mr. James Connon East Newseat
046 Applies to a recently erected farm steading & dwelling house situated near to Tolquhon Castle in the occupation of Mr. Robert Garden and property of the Right Honble. [Honourable] the Earl of Aberdeen
BRONZE VESSELS FOUND HERE A.D. 1867 [Tolquhon Castle] Bronze Vessels (found here) 1867
Bronze Vessels (found here) 1867
Bronze Vessels (found here) 1867
Mr. Robert Garden Mains of Tolquhon
Mr. William Booth Mains of Tolquhon
Mr. George Rae Mains of Tolquhon
046 While trenching the ground near Tolquhon Castle in March 1867, the workmen found two bronze vessels, one of which had the handle & spout broken off and the other appears to have corroded, one was 6½" long x 3" broad & the other 8" long x 4" broad, round the rim of the jug was the letters in Old English, as well as can be made out Neens water and Prendesdeleewe
STONE CIST FOUND HERE A.D. 1842 [East Newseat] Stone Cist (found here)
Stone Cist (found here)
Stone Cist (found here)
Mr. James Connon East Newseat
Mr. John Duncan Newseat
Mr. William Booth Mains of Tolquhon
046 While trenching the ground A.D. 1842 Mr James Connon East Newseat, found a Stone Cist containing mouldered bones & ashes. The Cist was made of flags, about 4 ft long x 1'.9" broad lying North & South

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Parish of Tarves

Note: Bronze vessels - Two small sketches of the vessels with their dimensions accompany this description

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