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Adam Robertson
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March Stone 2
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This 1980s photograph shows stone number 2 flat in the pavement outside the entrance to Ferryhill Library. Subsequent redevelopment of this area has seen the same stone move to a grassy area between the new car park and the roundabout. The Blue Book indicates there is no description of the marker from the 1525 perambulation. It does however give a 1698 description, as taken from Kennedy's <i>Annals of Aberdeen</i> (1818): "Therefrae, ryding in the Hardgate to the house called the Halfpennie house, where there is a march-stone, with an sauser, at the north-west side of said house, on the brink of the burne." It also notes that the stone was missing at the Riding of the Marches in 1889, but had since been replaced. 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.
This 1980s photograph shows stone number 2 flat in the pavement outside the entrance to Ferryhill Library. Subsequent redevelopment of this area has seen the same stone move to a grassy area between the new car park and the roundabout.
The Blue Book indicates there is no description of the marker from the 1525 perambulation. It does however give a 1698 description, as taken from Kennedy's
Annals of Aberdeen
(1818):
"Therefrae, ryding in the Hardgate to the house called the Halfpennie house, where there is a march-stone, with an sauser, at the north-west side of said house, on the brink of the burne."
It also notes that the stone was missing at the Riding of the Marches in 1889, but had since been replaced.
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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Ferryhill
Keyword
Boundary Stones
Photographer
Colin Johnston
Copyright Status
1. Copyright known - held by Aberdeen City Council
2. Copyright known - held by third party
3. Copyright status undetermined
Image Reference
MS02_01
Collection
Aberdeen Local Studies
Aberdeen Local Studies
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