This photograph shows two stones located opposite the entrance to Cults Primary School, off Earlswells Road. The more recent is marked "14 ABD". They are not far south west of stone number 13.

In 1525 the marker was described as a stone with "three hollis hewing in the same..." In 1698 a saucer stone was recorded, which may be the one sitting behind the lettered nineteenth-century stone shown here.

The stone in 2020 appears to be significantly more obscured. This may be the result of a subsequent redevelopment of Cults Primary School and Community School.

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.

Location

Cults, Aberdeen

Keyword

Boundary Stones

Photographer

Colin Johnston