Aberdeenshire HER - NJ72SE0312 - HARLAW MONUMENT

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Primary ReferenceNJ72SE0312
NameHARLAW MONUMENT
NRHE Card No.NJ72SE6
NRHE Numlink 131264
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 2831
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Monument commemorating the Battle of Harlaw (NJ72SE0006), commissioned in 1911 from the Burgh of Aberdeen to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the battle. Designed by William Kelly and inaugurated in July 1914. It is a solid battered hexagonal turret circa 40 feet (12 metres) high, with red granite dressings and banded inscriptions. The monument is an Ordnance Survey trigonometrical survey intersected station (sighting point) and was depicted on the 5th edition OS map.
Last Update23/10/2024
Updated Bycsimpson
CompilerNCA
Date of Compilation01/02/2017

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National Grid Reference: NJ 7515 2407


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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
MONUMENTS  A100
STATIONSTRIANGULATION B100