Monument record MHG52517 - Boundary marker stone, Fort Augustus (9 of 12)

Up to 12 boundary stones have been identified in and around Fort Augustus. These are War Department (WD) and Board of Ordnance (BO) markers. They are believed to mark the "Government" lands of Fort Augusutus. Several are inscribed with the date 1857.
In a survey report by Harry Robinson the stones are numbered BS-1 to BS-10, matching the numbers given on a plan of the stones in the HER files. A list of the stones has also been compiled by local heritage group Cill Chuimein Heritage which uses a different numbering system.
This is BS-9 (one of a group numbered by CCH as 8 to 11). It is of dressed sandstone faced with fine horizontal grooves, approx 0.25m square in cross section with a low pyramid shaped top. The stone was cleared of grass and moss to expose an inscribed date of 1831 under the government arrow. This stone is not in its original location. It was found by the landowner recently when improving his farm track and was repositioned here, about 3 metres to the west. <1>