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Westhill House

Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Westhill House

Classification Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 19344

Site Number NJ80NW 12

NGR NJ 8253 0711

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Skene
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ80NW 12 8253 0711.

(NJ 8253 0711) Two Stone Cists found AD 1853 (NAT)

OS 6" map (1901)

Two cists were found in a wooded knoll immediately north of Westhill House, during land drainage and improvement. The date of discovery is not known.

Name Book 1864

No further information was found during field investigation.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 2 November 1961.

The site of where these two cists were discovered before 1864 is now occupied by housing.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 13 Feb 1997.

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