User:Brotherbede/Mackenzie Meridian

The Mackenzie Meridian is a stone column on Keillor Hill, in Perthshire, Scotland. Its function can best be described by referring to its local name the Privy's Prap as it was erected, in the 1770's by the Hon. James_Stuart-Mackenzie who was Keeper_of_the_Privy_Seal_of_Scotland at the time. The word prap is a Scots word meaning an object set up as a marker, a target for shooting or throwing at.

The Hon. James_Stuart-Mackenzie was interested in astronomy and the column is directly due south of his estate at Belmont Castle, Meigle. The column is approximately 2 metres in diameter at its base and approximately 15 metres tall.

Map reference: NO286392 Coordinates: 56.5417945 -3.1624349


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