Volume contents
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 76
[Continued from p. 75]
mould, incinerated bones, and some bits of charcoal, the whole covered at
the mouth with boulder stones.
Three fragments of small urns were found burnt quite red, and a small
flat square piece of polished stone, of a pale green, but evidently broken
and with 3 holes bored thro' [through] one of the ends as if to suspend it by.
This fragment resembles some ornaments for the neck engraved in Dr. [Doctor] Wilsons
Prihistoric Annals. p. [pages] 2 & 4. outside the pit, at irregular distances round
and within 2 feet of it, were small deposits of similar bones, etc.
It is deserving of remark that on the 2nd May 1349 William, Bishop
of Aberdeen, held a court at "The Standing Stones of Rayne, at which the
Kings Justiciar was present ( Regist Episc , Aberdeen Vol. [Volume] I P. [Page] 79 Sp. [Spalding] Club)
Extracted from "Sculptured Stones of Scotland."
Vol [Volume] I Page 21. printed 1856 for Sp [Spalding] Club.
" Four hundred yards eastwards from the village in a Druidical circle or temple"
Extracted from Statistical Account of Aberdeenshire.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 77 - Parish of Rayne, OS1/1/77
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Rayne.
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.