Aberdeen, Westfield Farm, Boundary Marker 19
Boundary Stone (17th Century), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Westfield Farm, Boundary Marker 19
Classification Boundary Stone (17th Century), Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, March Stone 19; Den Of Murtle
Canmore ID 19416
Site Number NJ80SE 51
NGR NJ 85900 03301
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19416
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Peterculter
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80SE 51 85900 03301
See also NJ90NW 135.
Situated at the NW head of the Den of Murtle, at the side of a field on Westfield Farm. Marked 19 ABD. A boundary stone is noted here in 1698.
D B Gunn 1929; HBD 1967.
This granite boundary stone stands immediately N of a drystone dyke 330m SE of Westfield farmsteading. Rectangular in section, it measures 0.3m in breadth by 0.16m in thickness and 0.46m in height. The top of its NE face is bevelled and bears the incised letters ABD below the number 19.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 25 February 1997.
