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Aberdeen, Alford Lane, Boundary Marker
Boundary Stone (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Alford Lane, Boundary Marker
Classification Boundary Stone (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Alford Lane; Holburn Central Church; Aberdeen, Inner Marches, March Stone
Canmore ID 20065
Site Number NJ90NW 160
NGR NJ 93284 05711
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20065
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 160 93284 05711
See also NJ90NW 135, NJ90NW 161, NJ90NW 812.
In the 19th Century, the Inner Marches between Hardgate and Spital were defined at intervals by wall marks 'CR'. Two survive, one in Alford Lane forming a quoin on the rear gable of Holburn Central Church (NJ90NW 812) some 10m from Holburn Street; the other is noted on NJ90NW 161.
D B Gunn (ed.) 1929; F Wyness 1966.
This 19th-century boundary marker comprises a small dressed block, which has been set into a wall 1.3m above street level at the SW corner of Holburn Central Parish Church; the block bears the incised letters 'CR', which stand for 'City Royalty'.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 26 February 1997.
