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Peterhead, Cairntrodlie
Grave (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Peterhead, Cairntrodlie
Classification Grave (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cairntroddlie
Canmore ID 21215
Site Number NK14NW 4
NGR NK 1238 4613
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21215
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Peterhead
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK14NW 4 1238 4613.
(NK 1238 4613) Grave (NAT)
(The feature is a rectangular pecked outline aligned east-to-west with long axis parallel with the road frontage;size approx. 4 metres by 1 metre.)
OS 1/500 plan, Peterhead, (1869).
This place is traditionally the site of a duel in which one combatant was killed and buried on the spot. The grave remains untouched to this day though in a much ploughed and trenched field.
Statistical Account (OSA) 1795.
The grave of two men.
P Buchan 1819.
There is no evidence of a grave at the site. No further information.
Visited by OS (EGC) 29 November 1962.
No change.
Visited by OS (RL) 17 December 1968.
