Monument record MHG40924 - Cist w Burial, Birchwood
Summary
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 8913 5553 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC85NE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | FARR |
Map
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Full Description
NC85NE 2 8913 5554.
(NC 8913 5554) Stone Cist found AD 1840 (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1963)
Mr MacDonald (D MacDonald, Achivullin) found a stone coffin containing an urn and human remains in or about 1840, while removing a heap of stones before cultivating the land. The coffin was only about 3ft in length and 2ft in breadth. Part of a skull and "human dust" was found in the urn.
Name Book 1873.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG3351 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 20, 228.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM