Aberdeen, Ashtown, Boundary Marker 38
Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Ashtown, Boundary Marker 38
Classification Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Moss Of Brimmond; Gough Burn; Aberdeen, March Stone 38
Canmore ID 19332
Site Number NJ80NE 35
NGR NJ 86749 09884
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19332
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Newhills
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80NE 35 86749 09884
See also NJ90NW 135.
Situated on the S side of the road from Ashtown, near the bridge over the Gough Burn. Marked 38 ABD. There was a cup-marked boundary stone here in 1698.
D B Gunn 1929; HBD 1967.
This granite boundary stone is situated on the W bank of the Gough Burn immediately S of the public road some 480m WNW of Kirkhill Cottage (NJ80NE 89.01). Rectangular in section, it measures 0.3m in breadth by 0.2m in thickness and 0.62m in height. The top of the N face is bevelled and bears the letters ABD below the number 38. Nothing is now visible of the cup-marked stone that was noted here in 1698.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 19 December 2002.
