Aberdeen, Hardgate, Boundary Marker 1
Boundary Stone(S) (18th Century) - (19th Century), Boundary Stone (19th Century), Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Aberdeen, Hardgate, Boundary Marker 1
Classification Boundary Stone(S) (18th Century) - (19th Century), Boundary Stone (19th Century), Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, March Stone 1; 81 Hardgate; Union Glen
Canmore ID 20040
Site Number NJ90NW 138
NGR NJ 93514 05561
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20040
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 138 93514 05561
See also NJ90NW 135.
Situated in the roadway at SE junction of Hardgate and Union Glen are two stones, one marked CR, the other 1 ABD; they mark the junction of the Inner and Outer Marches on the South. In 1929, they were in the north gable of 81 Hardgate (now demolished). Descriptions of 1525 and 1698 note a cup-marked boundary stone in this vicinity.
D B Gunn 1929; HBD List 1965.
There is no change to the existing record.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW, 26 February 1997.
