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Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 9 - Parish of Bendochy, OS1/25/9

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53-9 -- Parish of Bendochy

[Additional quotation under Chapel:]
"There has anciently been a burying ground round the
Chapel. The present proprietor dug out some heads without a body
(each enclosed between 4 square stones, fitted to hold the head); probably
the heads of people who had been slain at a distance in battle.
There was a cairn of stones on his Estate, which he also opened up
& below the stones, among the loose earth, which was black with burnt ashes
he found some human bones, which had undergone fire & upon digging down
into the firm ground below, he found two inverted urns, which had been
placed in pits dug for them, each urn containing human bones; The
urns were large enough to hold the thigh & leg bones & other bones, and
other bones, entire. They were adorned with rude sculpture, but had no inscription."
Old Stat [Statistical] Account &
Chalmer's Caledonia p. [page] 83
(See entry on back hereof)
[Initialled] JB
Lt.Col. [Lieutenant Colonel]

[Below Meet Hillocks:]
Mote a little hill or eminence, a barrow or tumulus, a rising ground, a knoll. Jameison

Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 9 - Parish of Bendochy, OS1/25/9

This volume contains information found in the parish of Bendochy.

Ordnance Survey - Perth 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 Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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