Aberdeen, North Esplanade West, Boundary Marker 'alpha'
Boundary Stone (20th Century), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, North Esplanade West, Boundary Marker 'alpha'
Classification Boundary Stone (20th Century), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ferryhill Burn; Aberdeen, March Stone 'alpha'; Old Ford Road
Canmore ID 20039
Site Number NJ90NW 137
NGR NJ 94359 05293
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20039
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 137 94359 05290
See also NJ90NW 135.
[NJ 943 052]. Situated at the mouth of Ferryhill Burn on the River Dee, opposite Old Ford Road and off North Esplanade West. Marked A ABD CR, this stone indicates the starting point of the Inner Marches on the South.
D B Gunn, 1929; HBD List 1965.
This granite boundary stone is situated at the N end of the parapet of the culvert that crosses the Ferryhill Burn at its confluence with the River Dee. Rectangular in section, the stone measures 0.3m in breadth by 0.2m in thickness and 0.55m in height. The top of the NNE face is bevelled and bears the incised letter A below which are the letters ABD; below this again, on the vertical part of the stone, there are the letters CR, which stand for 'City Royalty'. The stone is a modern replacement and marks the start of both the inner and outer marches on the S side of the city, a function that may have originally been performed by two separate stones.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 24 March 1997.
NJ 9436 0529; march stone. Location and classification cited by HBM List: not indicated on OS 1:1250 map of 1973.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 October 2000.
