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STONE CIST CONTAINING HUMAN REMAINS, AND STONE WEAPONS & IMPLEMENTS FOUND HERE A.D. 1834 [Greystones] | A stone cist containing human remains &c found here A.D. 1834 | Revd [Reverend] Mr Gunn F.C. [Free Church] Manse Watten | 018 | Near the standing stone of Greystones a cist, containing human remains, stone impliments of warfare &c - and bones of the Deer, was found in the year 1834 Among the stone impliments was a huge stone spoon or ladle; in the account given in the Public prints of that time it was mentioned as being "A sacrificial spoon used in Druidical times" - |
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[Page] 62Watten Parish -- Caithness
[Signed] George Hobson C.A. [Civlian Assistant]
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