OS1/19/11/6
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornylea | Thornylea Thornylea Thornylea Thornylea |
Valuation Roll for 1862 & 3 Mr Peter Gordon Tenant Mr Alexander Goodfellow Waterlair Mr Joseph Brown Sootywells |
020.15 | A good farm house having extensive offices etc attached. The property of Mrs B. Nicolson Glenbervie |
| Cairn of Arthurhouse | Cairn of Arthurhouse | Mr A Gavin Haddo Mr A Goodfellow Waterlair Mr William Hutcheon Woodside |
020.15 | "About ½ mile further on there is another of the Same Kind on the farm of Arthurhouse, but much larger and which in its day had been equal in magnifinance to the Cairn of Johnstone. Some years ago about ¾ of it was removed and Converted into metal for the roads. It was then found that similar to the Cairn of Johnston it was Surrounded by a ring of large stones Set Close together on edge from two to three feet high, but which were quite Covered by the stones of the Cairn falling down and over them so that the Cairn extended about four feet beyond the ring, which was Composed Chiefly of blocks of granite. On one Side there was found a Stone Coffin Composed of freestone Slabs within the ring, but quite Close to it on the Surface, Containing nothing but a Kind of fine impalpable earth. At one place, on the outside of the ring, were found among the Stones upwards of twenty Coins, seemingly silver but many of them so worn or Corroded that the worKmen broke Several of them between their fingers. There was one pretty well preserved of Alexander I dated 1107 and another of Robert (Bruce) I about 1320 they were all given to Dr [Doctor] Badnach the proprietor who handsomely rewarded the workman. there was likewise found a Silver broch of [Significant] workmanship in the Cairn. The part of the Cairn which Dr [Doctor] Badnach caused to [continued on page 7] |
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