Volume contents
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- 112 - Tarves , Title Page
- 113 - Tarves , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAIRN (Remains of) [East Shethin] | Cairn (Remains of) | Mr. Shepherd, Shethin Mr. Hay, East Shethin |
038 | Mr Hay, farmer of East Stethin, when a young man some 50 years since, was employed as overseer in bringing the land in this immediate neighbourhood under cultivation for the first time. He remembers of an extensive cairn of stones being removed from this place. At the bottom of the cairn a number of stones coffins were found. A great quantity of burnd ashes, and a great many bones of a large Size, supposed to have been human. |
| STONE CISTS FOUND HERE [cairn, East Shethin] | Stone Cists found here | Mr Shepherd Shethin Mr Hay East Shethin |
038 | Two Cists are still to be seen, one of which measures about 7 feet in length 3 feet in breadth and is lying due east west. The other cist is about 4 feet square & both have evidently been opened & their contents carried away. |
| STANDING STONE [East Shethin] | Standing Stone Standing Stone |
Mr. Shepherd Mr. Hay |
038 | A large stone about 5 feet in height, 4 feet in breadth. Mr Hay says that this Stone is one of remaining of the outter circle which formerly stood here. |
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Parish of Tarves
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 85 - Parish of Tarves, OS1/1/85
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Tarves.
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.