Aberdeenshire HER - NJ30NW0043 - MONA GOWAN

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Primary ReferenceNJ30NW0043
NameMONA GOWAN
NMRS Card No.NJ30NW57
NMRS Numlink139622
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 1
Details A granite boundary stone on the summit of Mona Gowan recorded by RCAHMS Strathdon survey. It marked the march between Inverernan and Candacraig, or possibly Carvie, estates in the late nineteenth century. The stone is rectangular in section, standing to a height of 0.55m with the letter I on its west face and the letter C on the east. The number fourteen carved into the flat top of the stone indicates the number of this marker in a series of similar stones. It is shown on the OS 2nd edition mapm, but not the 1st edition.
Last Update26/07/2010

National Grid Reference: NJ 3361 0579


Easting: 386100, Northing: 821100

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
STONESBOUNDARY A100

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Strathdon
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 15-20m
Buffer Type Automated
Capture Scale Unknown
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude745
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Topography Summit
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Vegetation
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PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    

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