Stirling, Old Town Jail
Bench Mark (19th Century), Boundary Stone (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Stirling, Old Town Jail
Classification Bench Mark (19th Century), Boundary Stone (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 353966
Site Number NS79SE 177.14
NGR NS 79202 93615
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353966
- Council Stirling
- Parish Stirling
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
Field Visit (23 May 2017)
This boundary stone, one of a series of sixteen, marked the SW corner of an area of military land that contained, among other buildings, the old town jail (NS79SE 177.01). The stone is a grey sandstone quoin measuring 0.6m from NW to SE by 0.3m in height and at least 0.23m in thickness, standing about 1.5m above the adjacent pavement. On its SW face it bears the incised legend 'WD' above an upward pointing arrow, above 'No. 13'. The stone is depicted on the OS 25-inch map (Stirlingshire 1947, Sheet n017.03), but it almost certainly dates to the latter part of the 19th century when the military took over the civilian jail. There is an OS benchmark carved into the quoin two below the boundary stone.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (JRS) 23 May 2017.
