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Cairn (Remains of) Cairn (Remains of) Mr Robert Duthie
C.G. Monro Esq Stonehaven
Mr William Wood
017.11 A little to the north east of Bourtreebush are the remains of an ancient Cairn of [Stones] There is a tradition in the district that [a] battle was fought near this between the [Picts] and Scots, and on the moor near this, [there] were formerly several small cairns, which [have] been mentioned, there is no record of anything remarkable having been found. Mr [Duthie] a local antiquarian intends at some [further] day to excavate the base of this Cairn [near] Bourtreebush.

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