Aberdeen, Ord Burn, Boundary Marker 26
Boundary Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, Ord Burn, Boundary Marker 26
Classification Boundary Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, March Stone 26; Brodiach Burn; Rotten Burn; Silver Burn
Canmore ID 19433
Site Number NJ80SW 19
NGR NJ 83328 04264
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19433
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Peterculter
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80SW 19 83328 04264
See also NJ90NW 135.
Situated at the confluence of the Ord or Brodiach Burn with the Rotten or Silver Burn. Marked 26 ABD.
D B Gunn 1929; HBD 1967.
This boundary stone is situated on the N bank of the Silver Burn, immediately E of its confluence with the Brodiach Burn some 290m SW of the farmhouse at Brotherfield (NJ80SW 75). Rectangular in section, the stone is of dressed granite and measures 0.33m by 0.19m at ground level and 0.75m in height. The upper part of the stone is bevelled, reducing the thickness of the stone to 0.1m at the top. On this bevelled face there are the incised letters ABD below the number 26.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW). 11 February 1996.
This stone is situated on the boundary between the parishes of Peterculter and Skene.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2001.
