Volume contents
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- 214 - Fyvie , Title Page
- 215 - Fyvie , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAPPLA BURN | Raploch Burn Raploch Burn Raploch Burn |
Mr Adam Nichol Burreldales Mr Theodore Henderson Cammaloun Mr William Wight North Carmmaloun |
028 | Applied to a small burn which rises in the parish of Auchterless and after a south easterly course of about a mile falls into the Lownie burn near Cockhill Wood. |
| RAPPLA WOOD | Raploch Wood Raploch Wood Raploch Wood |
Mr Adam Nichol Burreldales Mr William Wight Cammaloun Mr John Strachan Cardenwell |
028 | A small fir plantation well known by this name situated about a mile and a half north west of Fyvie Castle |
| STONE CIRCLE (Remains of) [Burreldales] | Stone Circle (Remains of) Stone Circle (Remains of) Stone Circle (Remains of) |
Mr Adam Nichol Burreldales Mr John Strachan Cardenwell Mr William Wight Cammaloun |
028 | On the farm of Burreldales there are the remains of a Druidical Circle consisting of an upright stone about 5 feet in height and 2 ft [feet) and a half in width the farmer says about seven years ago there were two complete Circles consisting of a large quantity of huge boular stones some of which would weigh from twenty to thirty hundredweight the outer circle measured about thirty yards in diameter the outer stones did not form a perfect circle nor did they stand upright |
| STONE CISTS AND BRONZE DAGGER FOUND HERE [Burreldales] | Stone Cists & Bronze Dagger found here | Mr Adam Nichol Burreldales Mr John Strachan Cardenwell Mr William Wight Carmmaloun |
028 | near the south west of the outer circle and about a foot below the surface was discovered a rude stone coffin containing a large urn nothing authentic wither as to the style of its manufacture or the precise nature of or state of its contents is preserved owing to it falling to peices as soon as exposed to the air About a foot below the inner circle was discovered another stone Coffin containing a quantity of human bones about two yards north of the stone coffin was found part of a bronze sword which measured about three inches in length and a inch and a half in width the greater part of the stones were built into dykes |
Continued entries/extra info
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Fyvie
[Raploch Burn is corrected to Rappla Burn] Rappla [Initialled] J.B. 18th April 1871
[Raploch Wood is corrected to Rappla Wood] Rappla [Initialled] J.B. 18th April 1871
Transcriber's notes
There is a small sketch of the Stone Circle (Remains of).
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 35 - Parish of Fyvie, OS1/1/35
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Fyvie.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.