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The Crabstane (alt. ''Crabs Stone'', ''Craibstone'', ''Craib Stone'', ''Craibstane'' or ''Crabe Stone'') is a boundary stone that used to mark out part of Craibstone Croft which was located near Hardgate,
The Crabstane (alt. ''Crabs Stone'', ''Craibstone'', ''Craib Stone'', ''Craibstane'' or ''Crabe Stone'') is a boundary stone that used to mark out part of Craibstone Croft which was located near Hardgate, Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
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The stone has a plaque above it with the inscription as follows:
''The Crabstane. Boundary stone on lands belonging to John Crab, Baillie of the Burgh in 1314.''
''The stone also marks the site of the skirmish in 1571 between the rival families of Gordon and Forbes and of an engagement in 1644 between the citizens of Aberdeen and the Royalist forces of the Marquis of Montrose.''
The skirmish refers to the Battle of Craibstone
The Battle of Craibstone was fought on 20 November 1571 between Clan Gordon and the Clan Forbes on an area that has now been constructed over, found in central Aberdeen, Scotland. It was part of the Marian civil war in which the Clan Forbes supp ...
on 20 November 1571.
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