March Stone 6 (plus intermediate stone)

This stone is located in the back garden of No.11 Hammerfield Avenue. It is marked '6 ABD'. This photo also shows an intermediate marker located behind the more modern stone.

In 1698 the sixth stone is described as "ane great craige stone, wherein there is an sauser and four witter holes, and ane carne beside the same...".

A slide of this image was kindly lent to Aberdeen City Libraries by Colin Johnston so that we could create a digital copy for public use.

The image was taken in the early 1980s when Colin worked as a teacher at Bridge of Don Academy. He led several current and former pupils, and staff members in an investigation into the location, physical condition and public knowledge of Aberdeen's historic boundary markers.

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