Building record MAB21840 - KIRKTON
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Summary
Canal milestone on the Aberdeen to Inverurie canal which now stands at Kirkton.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 8228 1453 (40m by 40m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ81SW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Kinellar |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Canal milestone on the Aberdeen to Inverurie canal which now stands at Kirkton. It marked 12 and a half miles from Aberdeen. This canal milestone, which originally stood about 800m north-northwest of Kirkton farmsteading, now forms the centrepiece of a rockery in the garden immediately west of the farmhouse there. The granite marker has been sunk into the ground and only the upper 0.65m of the stone is now visible, though even this is largely obscured by the presence of an adjacent young leylandii. The stone measures about 0.3m in diameter and the domed top bears an angled facet on which is incised the number 12½, the distance between the point where the milestone originally stood and the end of the canal in Aberdeen.
MASSIE, ES, 1981, THE ABERDEENSHIRE CANAL. IN DEESIDE FIELD, 17, 79-82 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5075.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ81SW106;
- NRHE Numlink: 157939;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ81SW0112;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/157939 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SAB5075 Bibliographic reference: MASSIE, ES. 1981. THE ABERDEENSHIRE CANAL. IN DEESIDE FIELD, 17, 79-82.
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Record last edited
May 18 2021 10:28AM
