Aberdeenshire HER - NJ91NW0019 - OVERHILL

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Primary ReferenceNJ91NW0019
NameOVERHILL
NRHE Card No.NJ91NW4
NRHE Numlink 20312
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Unlocated
Details Alleged site of gold mine in 16th - 17th century. A late 19th century source states that it is recorded in the reign of James V and again in 1683: 'There is a gold mine, very rich, in a husband toun, called Overhill, in the parish of Belhelvie ... three fathoms, beneath the kyln, that is at the head of the In-town'.
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