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Whitestone
Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whitestone
Classification Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Whitestone Farm
Canmore ID 19342
Site Number NJ80NW 10
NGR NJ 806 068
NGR Description NJ c. 806 068
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19342
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Skene
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80NW 10 c. 806 068
See also NJ80NW 11.
In the spring of 1821 an urn, containing decayed human bones, was dug up on Whitestone Farm, during drainage operations. This was the third similar find on the property.
(See also NJ80NW 11 - Short Cist Beaker Burial).
Aberdeen J Notes Queries 1908
No further information was found during field investigation.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 6 November 1961.
(Name cited as Whitestone Farm).
NMRS, MS/712/74.
No details of an 'urn' burial, found at Whitehouse in 1821, are known, and the present whereabouts of the vessel are not known.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 20 February 1997.
