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Arbroath Abbey
Findspot, Gaming Board (Stone)(13th Century)
Site Name Arbroath Abbey
Classification Findspot, Gaming Board (Stone)(13th Century)
Canmore ID 35643
Site Number NO64SW 79
NGR NO 643 413
NGR Description NO c. 643 413
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35643
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO64SW 79 c. 643 413.
A Merelles Board was discovered in the course of demolition of a Post- Reformation wall in the Abbey built of re-used masonry. The framework for the game was roughly outlined on this detached house, and probably dates from the thirteenth century. It is in the Museum of Arbroath Abbey.
W N Robertson 1967; SBS Arbroath 1982
