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Balquhain Mains, Datestones

Date Stone(S) (18th Century)

Site Name Balquhain Mains, Datestones

Classification Date Stone(S) (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Mains Of Balquhain

Canmore ID 119238

Site Number NJ72SW 67.01

NGR NJ 7302 2362

NGR Description NJ c. 7302 2362

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Chapel Of Garioch
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ72SW 67.01 c. 7302 2362

(Exact location in the farm buildings not specified). Built into the gable of the late-18th-century farmhouse (NJ72SW 67.00) near Balquhain Castle (NJ72SW 5) there are two stones bearing the inscriptions '1HS/16' and 'MRA/77'.

Information from Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service, June 1997.

NMRS, MS/712/19.

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