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Castle Fraser, Obelisk
Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Castle Fraser, Obelisk
Classification Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Castle Fraser Estate; Castle Fraser Policies; Courtcairn Farm
Canmore ID 83647
Site Number NJ71SW 6.13
NGR NJ 71749 11862
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/83647
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Cluny
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71SW 6.13 71749 11862
This monument is situated in a shelter-belt 530m W of Courtcairn farmsteading (NJ71SW 29). Constructed of dressed granite blocks, it comprises an obelisk set into a base 1.18m square and 0.96m in height. The obelisk is 0.96m square in section and tapers to a ball finial some 7m above the ground.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 18 September 1996.
