Bennachie typewriter sculpture
A sculpture composed of three carved wooden elements (spruce wood). Set under large conifers Making a visual pun between the letter keys of a qwerty keyboard and the seed cones of conifers. It comments on the commercial use of the trees to produce wood pulp for paper and the subsequent use of that paper.
Bennachie, Totem Pole
A wooden totem pole carved in the American Indian style near the Bennachie Centre, the main image being of an eagle with salmon on either side. Created by the Scottish Totem Pole Project a partnership between Royal Museum, the artist Kenny Grieve (Brotus Rural Crafts) and a group of Canadian First Nations carvers (on projects in 2002 led by XwaLackTun , Xwa works in two First Nation styles, the Northern Kwaguilth Coast Salish and West Coast Squamish). This cross cultural project involves schools and communities across Scotland investigating Northwest Coast artefacts, exploring their own heritage and natural environment, and creating uniquely Scottish totem poles.. see http://www.nms.ac.uk/totempoles/home/
Deer Park standing stones, or the Druids
A setting of three stones, older reports describe a fourth fallen stone. Variously described as standing stones or the remains of a circle. It appears to have been too small to be a Recumbent Stone Circle.
Monymusk War Memorial
Monymusk war memorial stands in the square in the village and commemorates the dead from both World War I & II. It is a tall tapering classical grey granite square-plan monolith with a flat top. It sits on a two-step base. A wreath is carved at the top of the front face. It was unveiled on November 21 1920. There is also one war grave in the nearby cemetery.
Old Road, Bennachie Centre
Carved words "THE TRAMPLING TO INVERURIE" and "THE TRUNDLING TO INSCH" on each side of a large granite stone next to the path just above the Bennachie Centre. In addition there is a hole drilled through the stone providing a sight line along the path.
THE CALLING OF THE CUCKOO IS THE OTHER SIDE OF SPRING
Made of various stones the work consists of the carved words "THE CALLING OF THE CUCKOO IS THE OTHER SIDE OF SPRING" on a low dyke. In addition there is a carved 'egg' with an incised crack. It celebrates the adjacent Goukstane ("Cuckoo stone"), which is signposted just off the walk to the summit, a large boulder. According to legend it is said to be visited by the first cuckoo to return to Bennachie after spending winter in Africa. Other people believe that this large stone was thrown down the hill by the mythical giant Jock O' Bennachie.
The name and similar stories are applied to several Scottish megaliths one of them only about 3 miles north west at NJ 676 257 (the last surviving stone of a stone circle at the village of Oyne).
The Felling of the Timber, is the making of the home
Tree stump carved in the shape of a cupboard with an open drawer and the words "THE FELLING OF THE TIMBER IS THE MAKING OF THE HOME"
The Gouk Stone, Bennachie
The Goukstane ("Cuckoo stone"), which is signposted just off the walk to the summit. Is a large boulder. According to legend it is said to be visited by the first cuckoo to return to Bennachie after spending winter in Africa. Other people believe that this large stone was thrown down the hill by the mythical giant Jock O' Bennachie.
The name and similar stories are applied to several Scottish megaliths one of them only about 3 miles north west at NJ 676 257 (the last surviving stone of a stone circle at the village of Oyne). Next to the Gouk Stone, is a contemporary work consisting of Carved words "THE CALLING OF THE CUCKOO IS THE OTHER SIDE OF SPRING" on a low dyke. In addition there is a carved 'egg' with an incised crack.
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