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Marslauch

Burial (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Marslauch

Classification Burial (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 60715

Site Number NX06NW 15

NGR NX 014 673

NGR Description NX c. 014 673

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkcolm
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Wigtownshire

Archaeology Notes

NX06NW 15 c. 014 673

Marslauch: Near this house some years ago was dug up the bones of a human skeleton, supposed to be the remains of a murdered person who was a pedlar.

Name Book 1847.

An inhumation was discovered near Marslauch 'some years' before 1847; it was thought to be the remains of a murdered person who was a pedlar and may have been of relatively recent date.

Name Book 1847; RCAHMS 1985.

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