Broomend Of Crichie
Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Broomend Of Crichie
Classification Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Broomend
Canmore ID 18567
Site Number NJ71NE 12
NGR NJ 7790 1915
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71NE 12 7790 1915.
(NJ 7790 1915) Urn containing ashes found AD 1858 (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1938)
In 1858 an urn containing ashes was found in a small sand knoll a short distance south from the standing stone (NJ71NE 9).
Name Book 1867.
This site is in the garden of Broomend and there is no sign of a small sand knoll.
Visited by OS (RD) 10 March 1964.
(Name cited as Broomend).
NMRS, MS/712/67.
The small knoll in which an urn was found 1858 has been removed and its site now lies within a garden; the type of urn and its present whereabouts are also unknown.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 25 October 1996.
