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Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen
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Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen

Online Exhibitions
David Oswald
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Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen
Online Exhibitions
Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen
The March Stones of Aberdeen comprise two sets of historic boundary markers.

The inner march stones, marked with 'CR' for 'City Royalty', mark the boundary of the crofts that ringed the medieval Royal Burgh of Aberdeen.

The outer march stones define a larger area known as the Freedom Lands.

The Planning and Building Team of Aberdeen City Council provide a good overview on the topic here.

The images in this exhibition were a series of slides very kindly lent to the Aberdeen Local Studies by John Soutar. The photographs were taken in 1977-79 just after a restoration programme of the stones, undertaken by the Planning and Parks & Recreation departments, as part of a government jobs creation scheme.

The slides have been digitised, edited and uploaded by the Local Studies team and a Duke of Edinburgh volunteer.
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Items included in this Online Exhibition
Freedom Lands of Aberdeen 1319 - 1969
Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen: Inner March Stone
Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen, Inner March Stone
Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen, Inner March Stone