Monument record MHG1380 - Burials, Murkle Bay

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Grid reference Centred ND 1659 6976 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND16NE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish THURSO
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Burials found AD 1840 (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1970)

In 1840, while some men were trenching this field, they came upon a tremendous lot of human bones which appeared to have been depositgd in a ditch and then covered in.
Name Book 1873.

No further information Visited by OS (J B) 7 December 1981.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 7, 13.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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