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Belhelvie

Cist (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Belhelvie

Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 20304

Site Number NJ91NW 16

NGR NJ 94 17

NGR Description NJ c. 94 17

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NJ91NW 16 c. 94 17.

A sandstone cist, 0.97m in length, 0.615m in breadth, and 0.29m deep, found at Belhelvie (NJ 94 17) in 1836 by Dr J Angus, was donated to the Anthropological Museum, Marischal College, Aberdeen University, in 1906. R W Reid 1912.

The exact findspot of a cist which was subsequently dismantled and donated to Marischal College in 1902, is not recorded.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 11 November 1996.

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