Cairn O' Mount
Boundary Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cairn O' Mount
Classification Boundary Stone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 315458
Site Number NO68SW 14
NGR NO 64995 80635
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/315458
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fordoun
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
Field Visit (25 May 2007)
This red sandstone pillar is situated in heather moorland immediately W of the public road on the S side of the Cairn o’ Mount. It measures 0.26m square in section and it rises to a flat top at a height of 0.63m. The corners and top edges of the stone bear broad chamfers. On the E face of the stone there is an incised letter ‘G’ and on the W face the letter ‘F’. The stone is first depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Kincardineshire 1868, sheet XV).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 26 May 2007.
