Aberdeen, Hilton Farm, Boundary Marker 18
Boundary Cairn (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Boundary Stone (19th Century), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Hilton Farm, Boundary Marker 18
Classification Boundary Cairn (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Boundary Stone (19th Century), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, March Stone 18; Den Of Murtle
Canmore ID 19375
Site Number NJ80SE 14
NGR NJ 86361 03250
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19375
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Peterculter
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80SE 14 86361 03250
See also NJ90NW 135.
Situated at the head of Den of Murtle, on and to the N of Hilton Farm. Marked 18 ABD with T (for Thurburn, a former owner of the adjoining lands of Murtle) on the back. The original letter stone here was broken in 1810, and this stone was probably erected in 1821. Beside it are the cairn and cup-marked boundary noted in 1698.
An agreement of 1602 defined the boundary between stones 18 and 26.
D B Gunn 1929; HBD 1967.
This boundary stone stands in a cultivated field against the W side of a small cairn of earthfast stones c. 0.5m high, topped by a few field-cleared stones. One of the earthfast stones bears a single cup-mark.
Visited by OS 17 November 1961.
This granite boundary stone is situated on a low stony rise in an arable field 190m SSW of Hilton farmsteading. Rectangular in section, it measures 0.27m in breadth by 0.17m in thickness and, when upright, 0.75m in height, though the stone now leans heavily to the SW. The top of the NE face is bevelled and bears the incised letters ABD below the number 18. The reverse (SW) face is marked with an incised letter T. According to Cruickshank and Gunn, this T probably represents the name Thurburn, an owner of the adjoining lands of Murtle, who may have replaced a stone which was noted as broken in 1810 (Aberdeen Council Register volume 69, p. 170).
The upper surface of an earthfast boulder immediately NE of the stone bears a cup-shaped depression measuring 75mm in diameter by 25mm in depth.
A few other boulders that are scattered around the base of the boundary stone may be the remains of a cairn that once also marked the line of the march.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 25 February 1997.
J Cruickshank and D B Gunn 1929.
