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GOWKTREE WOOD Gowktree Wood William Anderson U. [Upper] Dallachy
Alexander Simpson
James Young
007.03 A plantation of fir wood, Situated between the Roman Camp Gate and Upper Dallachy., the property of the Duke of Richmond.
GREEN CAIRN (Remains of) Green Cairn William Anderson Upper Dallachy Alexander Simpson Upper Dallachy James Young Upper Dallachy 007.03 A large sepulchral tumulus or Cairn stood, until recently, in the Village of Upper Dallachy. It consisted of a mound of rich earth about 30 feet high and was Surrounded at the base with two rows of huge boulders some of Which are still in their original position. A Stone cist containing ashes, and black mould of a bituminous nature, and a golden Stirrup were found in it, Some years ago by one of the farmers. It has been nearly all defaced, and is now almost level with the Surrounding land.
AN URN CONTAINING ASHES AND A GOLD ORNAMENT FOUND HERE A.D. 1794 [Green Cairn] 007.03 "At Upper Dallachie near the Roman Station, there remained inviolate, till 1794, a sepulchral tumulus, which is popularly called the Green Cairn; and which contained the ashes of some Roman Chief; about two feet from the surface, was found, when it was broken up, an urn of rude workmanship, which, when the ashes of the dead were shaken out, disclosed a piece of polished gold, like the handle of a vase, three inches in diameter, and more than one eighth of an inch thick. It appeared to have been the handle of a vase. As the Society of Antiquairies at Edinburgh declined to purchase this curiosity, the finder sold it for bullion at the price of thirteen guineas." Chalmers Caledonia. The foregoing extract has been confirmed by Mr Marquis of Fochabers, and Factor to His Grace the DuKe of Richmond

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Co. [County] Banff -- Ph. [Parish] Bellie

Upper Dallachy [crossed out]

[signed] J McDiarmid

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