Archaeology Notes

Event ID 666621

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ31SE 13 3955 1257.

(NJ 3955 1257) Stone Cist found (AD. 1857) (NAT)

OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1903)

Two stone cists, each 3 feet long and about 2 feet deep and wide, containing bits of human bone, ashes and black mould, found by the farmer of Deskry whilst reclaiming new land.

Name Book 1868.

No further information.

Visited by OS (N K B) 29 August 1968.

(Name cited as Deskry Hill).

NMRS, MS/712/43.

The site of these cists lies at the edge of a cultivated field on the crest of Deskry Hill, a prominent ridge between the River Don to the N and the Deskry Water to the S.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, PC), 10 Sept 1997.