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Legatesden
Sand And Gravel Workings (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S)
Site Name Legatesden
Classification Sand And Gravel Workings (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S)
Alternative Name(s) Legatesden, Gravel Pit
Canmore ID 18793
Site Number NJ72NW 13
NGR NJ 7375 2579
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18793
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72NW 13 7375 2579.
(NJ 7375 2579) Urns found (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Whilst excavating a gravel pit, two urns containing charred bones and ashes were found.
Name Book 1867.
No further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 19 February 1969.
Newspaper reference: Press and Journal 9 June 1937.
NMRS, MS/712/69.
The present whereabouts of these urns, which were found before 1867, are not known. Nothing is visible of the gravel-pit in which the urns were found, and its site now lies in a cultivated field.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 5 May 1999.
