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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACHATTIE'S CAIRN | Machatties Cairn | James Morrison Farmer Bodenfinnich Croft Joseph Edwards Farmer Broadrashes Alexander Milne Farmer South Hill leys |
019.07 | A pile of loose stones about 3 feet high on the highest part of a small round hill without name through which the Boundary of the Ph. [Parish] runs. It is supposed that a man of this name committed suicide and was buried there, it being customary in olden times to bury any one committing suicide on the boundary of two Parishes and to erect a cairn to mark the spot, hence the name. |
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[Page] 81Co. [County] of Banff -- Ph [Parish] of Boharm
Burn of Bodenfinnich [crossed out]
[signed] Arthur Hubert
Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]
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Bizzy- Moderator, George Burgess
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