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Bonnie Birken Tree
Inscribed granite stone, Possibly made for Sir William Cuncliffe Brooks, Laird of Glentanar who
died in 1900. The inscription reads: "the pine is King of Scottish woods
and the Queen ah who is she
The fairest form the forest kens
The bonnie birken tree"
There are many beautifully inscribed stones on the Glen Tanar estate, particularly at springs and wells, some poetic and some enigmatic in sentiment.
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Changing environment
A large granite menhir inscribed "in sun rain sleet or snow" the quarry drill marks left as a feature. The sculpture contains a couple of monocular telescopic lenses that gives the viewer a close-up look of the surrounding countryside and Corgarff castle.
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Dr Danny Gordons cairn and a memorial bench
A small memorial cairn of mortared rubble inset with an oval panel of pink granite carved in relief with the words "Dr Danny Gordon's widdie" nearby is a bench presumably a memorial carved in relief with interlace and the words "WIGHT GLENLOGIE".
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Glen Tanar decorated drinking trough
A beautifully engraved source. Engraving: possibly by Sir William Cuncliffe Brooks, Laird of Glentanar who
died in 1900.
"Drink weary traveller in the land
and on thy journey fare
t'is sent by God's all giving hand
and stored by human care"
There are several other inscribed stones on the estate many at the sites of springs/wells.
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Last of the Summer Wine benches
Top photographs show two benches one is a 'standard issue' park bench painted red the other assembled in situ and brightly painted with multi coloured wavy stripes, was the first installed, as of summer 2007 the red bench has been removed and the poem absent in the top 2 photos has been reinstated it reads: "The Seat. Yeve het feet, Tak a seat, Yere fer pecht, Doon yer wecht, Half wye roon, Sit ye doon, A lang wauk, Ye did tak, Jist tak care, Rest eence mair, Efter a fyle, Wauk in style, At yer best, Efter a rest. 1993" As of 2008 a second bench was re-installed, made of slats and painted with the flags of all the European Union states, with their respective population figures. Also added at this time was a tondo mounted on a post painted with what could be a conceptual representation of the EU with state names and the total population figure of 480 million in text.
Light buoy installation
An installation in a field of a light buoy, an object one normally only sees the very top of emerging from the sea. The same track end also has surreall traffic lights which surprise the viewer as they are unexpected on a farm track.
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National Cycle route marker, Stonehaven
Cast metal Way-Marker erected to indicate a point on the national cycle route network. Contains images relating to local geology. The important fossil bearing strata of the local. Part of a millennium cycle route project funded by the Millennium commission. The shape of the whole piece is obviously intended to suggest the tail of a fish or a whale, I am not sure which.
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Ships Cannon reused as a bollard
An old cast metal ship's cannon set vertically as a bollard into the pavement on the way from the town centre to Stonehaven harbour.
Shorehead Information board
A sloping mosaic panel that surely draws on the local wealth of 'art deco' design, artefacts and buildings. With an inset information panel. It is set on a contrasting plinth of rough masonary.
Slate cairn, Bervie Braes information point
A hemispherical slate cairn with a, metal bound, circular slate-mosaic upper surface with an inset information panel.
Snakeswell Stone
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.
Sustrans Way Marker
A "Sustrans" bicycle route way marker on the route of the Buchan Way that follows the disused railway route.
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The Broad Milestone - The Brade Milstane
A milestone in granite unusually wide for its height and most unlike the standard turnpike stones of the area, it perhaps pre-dates them? Included in part for its cultural importance, to the confusion of recent residents and travellers it is still very much a reference point for giving directions. Even when it has not actually been in situ. It has recently been reinstated and concreted in after road-works and the staining on the stone shows the previous ground level that made it very unlikely to be seen from a car. Inscription reads Fraserburgh 10 3/4
The Milestone and Commemorative Keystone
Sandstone commemorative stone worded 'THEOBALD BARCLAY 1150' 'MATHERS 1351 URIE' (see Notes below) from the 1781 bridge re-cut and set into wall below a milestone which is incised with BERVIE 10 / L(signifing Laurencekirk)14 / A(signifing Aberdeen)14.
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