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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 668728
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/668728
NJ64NE 14 6893 4867.
(NJ 6893 4867) (Site of) (NAT) Camp (NR)
Human Remains, Bronze Weapons, and Ornaments found AD 1824 (NAT)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1905)
On the top of Widdie Hillock was a substantial circular enclosure of stones and earth about 70 yards in circumference. There was originally a heap of stones near its centre. No vestige now remains. "James Murray....while taking away the stone wall which encircled it found buried within the circle, human remains, bronze implements of war, finger rings etc in the year 1824. Some of the war arms were sent to the Banff Museum, the remainder he retained."
Name Book 1871; Information from James Murray, Mill of Laithers.
No trace of the feature remains. No further information regarding finds but see NJ64NE 13.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 7 September 1964.
