King Robert's great charter of 1319, allowed the citizens of Aberdeen to own the Burgh, the forests and all the revenue from the land within the borders. The revenue from the Freedom Lands is known as "The Common Good Fund". The Burgh borders were marked by 67 March Stones the first being Alpha and the last Omega. The stones can still be found today, Alpha is near Old Ford Road on the banks of the Dee, whilst Omega is in open ground by the Bridge of Don.
There are two Stones numbered 49. The newer one is situated on the south west corner of Persley Bridge. This is a replacement for the earlier stone which was washed away from its original site east of the Scatterburn. We do not recommend visiting the original stone due to its hazardous location.
Geocache placement guidelines dictate that two caches must be a minimum of 528 feet or 0.10miles apart. As stone 49 is near another cache, we have set it as a waypoint with the actual cache located nearby (Please replace the cache with arrows facing up).
A guide to the March Stone Trail is available at www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/trails.