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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE CIST FOUND A.D. 1839 [Dounby] | Stone Cist Found (A.D. 1839) Stone Cist Found (A.D. 1839) Stone Cist Found (A.D. 1839) |
D. Stephen Esq [Esquire] Norton Birsay Simon Harvey Esq [Esquire] Newhouse Magnus Smith Esq. [Esquire] Dounby |
094 | The object refered to was accidentally discovered whilst cultivating the ground, a skeleton was found in a sitting posture, and at the right hand lay a finely polished mallet of gneiss, which is still preserved in the museum at Stromness Its situation is 8 chains south East in a arable field from the farm house of Dounby and 1/4 mile East of Newhouse the property of Magnus Smith proprietor & occupier of the ground, "An ancient and interesting grave was also found last year, on the farm of Dounby, by the proprietor, +++ It contained a human skeleton," +++ Extract from New Statistical Account of Scotland, |
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