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'White Cow Of Crichie'
Boundary Marker (Period Unassigned)
Site Name 'White Cow Of Crichie'
Classification Boundary Marker (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 20543
Site Number NJ94NE 14
NGR NJ 9744 4504
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20543
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Old Deer
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ94NE 14 9744 4504 to 9758 4516.
(NJ 9744 4504) White Cow of Crichie (NAT) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1901)
The White Cow of Crichie was a huge block of quartz used as a boundary marker, since destroyed.
Name Book 1870
This stone, now lying on edge at the avenue at Crichie is probably only a fragment of the original White Cow, measuring 5'6" by 3'4" by 2'7".
F R Coles 1904
Portion of the White Cow of Crichie as described by Coles, now lying at NJ 9758 4516. Unimportant antiquity.
Visited by OS (NKB) 18 April 1968
