Aberdeen, East Brotherfield, Boundary Marker 25
Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, East Brotherfield, Boundary Marker 25
Classification Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, March Stone 25; Brunt Hill; Rotten Burn; Silver Burn
Canmore ID 19436
Site Number NJ80SW 3
NGR NJ 84233 04116
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19436
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Peterculter
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80SW 3 84233 04116
See also NJ90NW 135.
On the south-east site of the Brunt Hill, near the Rotten or Silver Burn is one of the original boundary marks existing by 1698 of the Freedom Lands of Aberdeen (NJ80NE 3) and nearby is the post 1790 boundary stone which bears the legend 'ABD 25'.
D B Gunn 1929
NJ 8423 0411. Hard against the post 1790 boundary stone 25/ABD is a large earthfast boulder c.2.6m high, on the SE face of which is a single cup-mark c. 4" (11mm) in diameter.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 16 November 1961.
(Name cited as East Brotherfield).
NMRS, MS/712/76.
This boundary stone is situated about 185m SW of East Brotherfield farmsteading (NJ80SW 56.00), immediately to the E of a large earthfast erratic boulder that bears a cup-shaped depression on its E face. Rectangular in section, the boundary stone is of dressed granite and measures 0.31m by 0.17m at ground level and 0.65m in height. The upper part of the NE face is bevelled, reducing the thickness of the stone to 0.08m at the top. On this bevelled face there are the incised letters ABD below the number 25.
The cup-mark on the E face of the erratic boulder is situated at a height of 1m above the ground and measures about 140mm in diameter by 60mm in depth.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 10 February 1996.
