Monument record MHG9649 - Cist w Burial, Birchwood

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Grid reference Centred NC 8913 5554 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC85NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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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.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 20, 228.

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May 13 2016 12:00AM

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