Location
On Firmounth Route in Glen Tanar. this monument is situated on the N side of the road between Glen Tanar and Tillycairn .
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NO 473 973
Description
Carved granite marker with the fascinating wording: "The worm of the still is the deadliest snake on the hill" and a reference to whisky distilling that took place in this area of the and gave its name to a place called Snakeswell. Built by Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, Laird of Glentanar who died in 1900.
Snakeswell: noted as a Spring on the OS 1:10,000 map of 1972, Within a semi-circular drystone-walled compound, there are a spring and a stone which bears this inscription. There are several other inscribed stones on the estate many at the sites of springs/wells.
Related Information
The Glen Tanar Estate was originally a deer forest which was part of the Aboyne Castle Estate. In 1869 Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, a Manchester banker and MP, bought the estate from the 10th Marquis of Huntly. Brooks employed Thomas Mawson to layout the garden and estate, George Truefitt as architect, and 250 masons to construct the buildings, built of granite quarried locally.
Era
1800s
Information Source
RCAHMS http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/
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Creator
- Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, Designer
Photographer
- Jim Henderson
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