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Holywell
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Holywell
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Muir Of Seggieden
Canmore ID 17614
Site Number NJ52NE 1
NGR NJ 5500 2730
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17614
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kennethmont
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ52NE 1 5500 2730.
(NJ 5500 2730) Stone Cist found AD 1837 (NAT)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1901)
A stone cist found here by the present farmer, Mr Alexander Henderson, in 1837. It was filled with black earth and pieces of bone.
Name Book 1866.
No further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 20 September 1967.
(Name cited as Muir of Seggieden).
NMRS, MS/712/52.
Nothing is now visible of this cist, which was found in 1837; its site lies in an arable field 280m SSW of Holywell farmsteading (NJ52NE 74).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 6 March 1996.
