Angus HER - NO64SW0079 - ARBROATH ABBEY

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NameARBROATH ABBEY
NRHE Card No.NO64SW79
NRHE Numlink 35643
Site Form Artefact
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Gaming board. A Merelles (an ancient game which is the ancestory for Nine Men's Morris) Board was discovered in the course of demolition of a Post- Reformation wall in the Abbey built of re-used masonry. The framework for the game was roughly outlined and probably dates from the thirteenth century. It is in the Museum of Arbroath Abbey.
Last Update05/10/2023
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