Monument record MHG10626 - Cist with Finds, Tressady Cottage

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Grid reference Centred NC 7009 0370 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC70SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ROGART

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NC70SW 30 701 037.

In 1871 while workmen were engaged in taking stone from a hillock at Tressady Cottage, Strathfleet, Rogart, they found a cist containing an urn and human remains which were in a remarkable state of preservation (Tressady: NC 701 037). (May possibly refer to burials found in 1872 - see NC70SE 7.)
Information from John o'Groats Journal, "100 Years Ago", 3 December 1971

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May 13 2016 12:00AM

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