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Aberdeen, 319 Great Western Road, Boundary Marker 5
Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century), Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Aberdeen, 319 Great Western Road, Boundary Marker 5
Classification Boundary Stone (18th Century) - (19th Century), Boundary Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, March Stone 5
Canmore ID 20272
Site Number NJ90SW 32
NGR NJ 92536 04919
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20272
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90SW 32 c. 92536 04919
See also NJ90NW 135.
Situated on the rear boundary wall within the garden of 319 Great Western Road. Marked 5 ABD. Placed here in 1889 when alterations were made in the neighbourhood. An earlier boundary stone is recorded in this vicinity in 1698.
D B Gunn 1929; HBD 1965 (Aberdeen).
(Location formerly cited as NJ 9252 0491). This Freedom march boundary stone is situated against the rear wall of the garden at 319 Great Western Road. It was apparently moved to this location in 1889. Rectangular in section, the granite stone measures 0.34m in breadth by 0.21m in thickness and 0.81m in height. The top of the N face is bevelled and bears the incised letters ABD below the number 5.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 24 February 1997.
