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| WHITSOME (Parish | Whitsome (Parish) | Continued | [Continued from Page 3] as possible, or that the tools for Cutting, and the means for Conveying larger flags, had been wanting; although in one Case, at least, the upper and under flags projected over those at the end and Sides. The size of the bones, which were examined by Dr. [Doctor] Purvis, Surgeon in Whitsome, indicated a Stature upwards of Six feet. Each chest had also its urn, of unglazed earthenware, and of a Triangular shape, the original Contents of which had been Converted into a quantity of black dust. This vessel Stood on the left of the body for an intelligible reason; but it is somewhat strange, that the rude coffin, or rather the Corpse within it, lay in a direction of South & North, the urn Standing on the West. So late as 1832, in Course of a draining process near the head of a Spring on Leetside, a well built round with hewn Stone, was laid bare Considerably below the Surface. It was little more than three feet deep from the mouth. The oldest person living in the Parish Knew nothing of its existence. [Continued on Page 5] |
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[Page] 4Parish of Whitsome -- W Beatty
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