Document record MAB62773 - STONEHAVEN
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Summary
Supposed site of plague burial-ground, now occupied by modern buildings and gardens.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 8740 8551 (40m by 40m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO88NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Fetteresso |
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Supposed site of plague burial-ground, now occupied by modern buildings and gardens. Two gravestones were found about 1842 and are now set into the east wall of a public footpath at NO8741 8552 ( NO88NE0274). One bore the inscription '...Magnus Tailiour ... depairit in November..of Pest... Memento Mori 1608'. The other commemorated two children who died in 1648, also of the plague.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No19(1864) 29 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
EELES, F. C., 1897, STONEHAVEN, HISTORICAL & DESCRIPTIVE, 20 (Bibliographic reference). SAB447.
Gourlay, R, 1978, Scottish Burgh Survey: Historic Stonehaven (Bibliographic reference). SAB2588.
Author unknown, n.d., NSA, (1843) 222 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1269.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NO88NE3;
- NRHE Numlink: 36909;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO88NE0003;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/36909 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SAB1269 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. NSA. (1843) 222.
- --- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. No19(1864) 29.
- --- SAB2588 Bibliographic reference: Gourlay, R. 1978. Scottish Burgh Survey: Historic Stonehaven. y.
- --- SAB447 Bibliographic reference: EELES, F. C.. 1897. STONEHAVEN, HISTORICAL & DESCRIPTIVE. 20.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Record last edited
Apr 30 2021 11:07AM
