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Raitshill
Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Raitshill
Classification Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 19600
Site Number NJ82NE 10
NGR NJ 8638 2798
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19600
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tarves
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82NE 10 8638 2798.
(NJ 8638 2798) Urns found AD 1840 (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Three urns, of baked clay, each containing ashes or burnt human bones, were found in 1840 by Mr J Strath, Cauldhame, whilst improving the land.
Name Book 1868.
No further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 5 April 1972.
The location indicated falls at the foot of a S-facing spur at an altitude of 110m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/80.
The present whereabouts of these urns, which were found in about 1840, are not known.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 27 October 2003.
