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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of CASTLE HILL | Site of Castle Hill Site of Castle Hill Site of Castle Hill Site of Castle Hill Site of Castle Hill |
Sculptured Stones of Scotland. 1856 New Statistical Account Mr Alexander Watt Mr Thomas Watt Mr James Sheppard |
065 | A small Knoll near the village of Kintore, supposed to have been originally a Mote or Justice Seat, and which was destroyed in constructing the Great North of Scotland Railway. Many interesting relics were dug up at the time of the destruction. "Of the stones at Kintore, figured in these plates Nos.[Numbers] 2 and 3 were found embedded in the "Castle Hill", a mound near the church, recently removed by railway operations, which was about 30 feet in height, by 150 feet in diameter. It appeared, on examination, that the original surface of the Castle Hill had been about ten feet lower than the modern one. The former was found to be covered with a layer of charred earth; and along the east margin, and for some distance inwards from it, were deposited, in an irregular manner, a number of small stones, among which were eleven larger blocks, Among the latter, the stones Nos. [Numbers] 2 and 3 were found, and from the appearance presented by the whole, it seems probable that a circle of large stones, connected by a low wall of smaller ones (as is still the case with one class of the "Druidical" Circles) had formerly stood on the summit of the hill, and that they had been overthrown and scattered, and covered over with earth to the depth of about ten feet, so as to form the modern Castle Hill. Near to the Castle Hill, and from ten to twelve feet under the surface, were found various small pits of a circular or oval shape, from three to four feet in length, two or three feet in breadth, and from one to two and a half feet in depth. These contained burnt clay, charcoal, and bones. In one of them an urn was found, containing a damp mealy substance of a pale colour, and round another of the pits were found pieces of a substance resembling solid lead, of the thickness of small gas pipe. These were found firmly embedded in the ground, in a vertical position, about eight feet below the surface, in bits of a few inches in length. It is probable that some of the other stones in the Castle Hill were sculptured, but, unfortunately, they were speedily broken up for building railway bridges. The two now referred to were rescued from destruction by Mr Alexander Watt of Kintore, who also preserved specimens of the various substances found in the pits. * * * One of the unsculptured stones from the Castle Hill resembles a rude chair, and, along with the others taken from that locality, is now in Mr Watt's possession" Sculptured Stones of Scotland The two Sculptured Stones, together with the Rude Seat (unsculptured) is placed in Mr Watt's garden at Townhead Kintore. The hill is supposed to have been an artificial formation. |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 51 - Parish of Kintore, OS1/1/51
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Kintore.
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.