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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE CIST AND URN FOUND HERE A.D. 1833 [Meet Hill] | Stone Cist and Urn (found here) (AD 1833) Stone Cist and Urn (found here) Stone Cist and Urn (found here) |
Mr. Thomas Arbuthnot Peterhead Mr. William Gamack Peterhead Mr. Murray Peterhead Buchan by Revd. [Reverend] J.B. Pratt Cruden |
023 | While the workmen were digging for the foundations of the Reform Tower on Meet Hill in 1833; they found a Stone Cist containing an Urn; The Ash was made of 4 rough flag stones with a cover lying North and South, it was found in an artificial Mound of earth about 12 ft high and about 6 feet below top of it and resting on a bed of large Shingle Stones; the Cist contained an Urn about 6" in height by about 9" in width at the middle, which enclosed some fragments of human bones and the lower jawbone with part of the teeth, the Urn is ornamented by three bands of circular impressions nearly the size of a Shilling and about ¹⁄₁₆ in depth besides other dents all around the outside of it; the Urn is now in the Arbuthnot Museum Peterhead |
| BRAEHEAD OF INVERNETTIE | Braehead of Invernettie Braehead of Invernettie Braehead of Invernettie |
Mr. A. Gray Occupier Mr. Hebron Invernettie Mr. A. Clark Peterhead |
023 | Applies to a croft situated about ¼ Mile east from the Mansion house of Meethill and on the road from Peterhead to Aberdeen it standing at the top of a brae on the road it derives its name Braehead & the property of George Whyte Esqr. Meethill |
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