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EAB18680 - Possible Excavation at Witch Hillock, 1856

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Location

Grid reference
Map sheet	Not recorded
Authority	Aberdeenshire
Civil Parish	Marykirk

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

Earl of Kintore

Date

1856

Description

A 19th Century excavation is said to have taken place at the site, where several cists containing bones and a cinerary urn were found. The artificial mound, of largely earthen content, shows no signs of a 19th Century excavation.

Sources/Archives (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

MAB39128 WITCH HILLOCK (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 19 2026 6:14PM

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