Climbing Clachnaben, Aberdeenshire
Clachnaben is a 1932ft hill near Glen Dye, Aberdeenshire.
We hiked to the top in approximately 90mins, reaching the granite tor and the trig point marking the top! If you look closely you might even spot Bennachie from up there :)
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A walk up Bennachie in Aberdeenshire (2004)
Hiking up Bennachie near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire in Scotland with Chris, Michael and Jason in 2004. One of my earliest hill walks.
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Climb the two highest peaks of Bennachie, Oxen Craig and Mither Tap and enjoy fabulous sweeping views. The circuit returns over Craigshannoch.
TERRAIN
Clear paths on exposed moorland, steep climb, rocky steps onto summit.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
None to start, nearest bus on A96 near Kirton of Oyne, 4.5km from start.
START
Back o'Bennachie car park. Open start point in Google Maps for directions.
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Distance9.25km / 5.75 milesTime2.5 - 4 hoursAscent490m (Profile)Start Grid RefNJ661244
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4 Hills Walk, Brimmond Hill from Kingswells - Part 1-2
Brimmond Hill (266 m high) - part of the 'Four Hills' Walk, West of Aberdeen.
Distance from Kingswells: ~ 2.5 Km
Ascent: ~ 110 m
Time: ~15 min running / 45 min walking
Terrain: rough trail
The walk / run starts from Kingswells Crescent, just before the bridge.
From there, the walk is sign-posted with A4 flyers - can't miss the big Smiley face!
The path follows the 'Core path 42' all the way to the main road (Kingswells - Newhills cross). It is narrow, bog-like in places and looks abandoned with nettles taking over the space.
Just across the road is 'Core path 33', a wider trail, ideal for running / mountain-biking that takes you all the way up the hill alongside fields and shrubs. It gets steep and rocky in places.
From the top, you can enjoy a fantastic view over Aberdeen and the Aberdeenshire area as far as Clachnaben, Mount Battock and Bennachie in the background and Dyce, Kingswells, Westhill, Blackburn, Tyrebagger and Krikhill forests in the foreground.
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The Bennachie Colony: On migration and rural stereotypes in 19th Century Scotland
The long 19th century was a period of profound change. For our purposes, two separate (but connected) transformations are of relevance. First: It witnessed human migration on a scale previously unimagined: from the increasingly economically rationalised countryside to the urbanising city; and from overcrowded parts of Northern Europe to distant colonial ‘peripheries’. The second was a revolution in literacy and the mass consumption of ideas (aided by inventions such as the steam powered printing press). Together migration and literacy (both enabled by technologies that made the world more interconnected) opened up people's horizons to other people and other places. In a period where views about differences between the ‘county and the city’ (Williams 1973) became increasingly raised in sharp relief, discourses surrounding rural living marked people and geography in new ways. In this paper we draw on historical and archaeological research from northeast Scotland and western Canada to explore how migrant populations became cast with different and sometimes conflicting views of rurality. In northeast Scotland, migrants who colonized ‘waste’ ground became fodder for politicised histories that cast them respectively as proletarian heros as well as thieves and vagabonds. While in the Canadian province of Manitoba, migrants from the Western Isles and Iceland were variously viewed as ideal colonists to backwards and unfit for settling ‘frontier’ areas. A key observation is that any attempt to understand such temporary objectifications requires detailed contextual analysis of how lines of questioning combined with the affordances and conditions of landscape shape the stories we are able to tell.
Williams, Raymond. 1973. The Country and the City. London: Chatto and Windus
Ágústa Edwald & Jeff Oliver University of Aberdeen.
Session 5: Rural Politic
CHAT Annual Conference Orkney 2016: Rurality
Bass Of Inverurie, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
A journey through Scotland's ancient sites
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INTRO
IN INVERURIE CEMETERY ON KEITHHALL ROAD. YOU WILL FIND TWO VERY LARGE EARTHWORK MOUNDS. THESE ARE THOUGHT TO BE A MEDIEVAL MOTTE & BAILEY. METERS AWAY YOU WILL FIND A ROW OF PICTISH INSCRIBED SYMBOL STONES. IN THIS GRAVEYARD WE HAVE REMAINS FROM VARIOUS HISTORICAL PERIODS.
OVERVIEW
NEAR WHERE THE RIVER DON & RIVER URIE MEET IS THE BASS OF INVERURIE. IT IS THOUGHT TO BE A NATURAL MOUND THAT HAS BEEN SHAPED BY SCARPING THE SIDES. DIRECTLY OPPOSITE IS THE LITTLE BASS, A SHORTER CONSTRUCTION. THE MOTTE & BAILIE CASTLES WERE COMMON IN SCOTLAND BUT VANISHED OR RE-USED TO BUILD STONE CASTLES.
BASS
THE BASS IS THE PRINCIPLE MOUND KNOWN AS THE ‘MOTTE’. THE BOTTOM’S CIRCUMFERENCE IS OVER 150M, THE TOP CIRCUMFERENCE IS NEARLY 75M WITH A HEIGHT OF 12M. AN 1883 EXCAVATION REVEALED THE REMAINS OF A GANGWAY MADE OF OAKEN. THIS WAS JOINED ONTO THE SOUTH FACE.
LITTLE BASS
THE LITTLE BASS OR ‘BAILEY’ AT 5M HIGH, HAS TWO SLIGHTLY RAISED PLATFORMS. THESE MEASURE 17M X 9.5M & 11M X 9.5M, THESE ARE POTENTIALLY THE REMAINS OF BUILDINGS. THESE SIT ON AN OVAL FLAT TOP. THE TOP MEASURES 30M FROM EAST TO WEST X 23M NORTH TO SOUTH.
EXCAVATION HAS UNCOVERED A DITCH SURROUNDED BOTH MOUNDS. ESTIMATED TO BE 3M WIDE X 2M DEEP. DURING GRAVE DIGGING IN THE DITCH SOME 14TH CENTURY POTTERY WAS FOUND. A PATH WAS CUT BETWEEN THE MOUNDS IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WITH POSSIBLE LANDSCAPING.
PREHISTORY
AROUND THE FOOT OF THE MOUNDS. NEOLITHIC WORKED FLINT IMPLEMENTS, CORES & FLAKES HAVE BEEN FOUND, DURING EXTENSIONS TO THE CEMETERY. THIS SUGGESTS A NEOLITHIC OCCUPATION. A POLISHED STONE ADZE ‘CUSHION’ MACE HEAD WAS FOUND NEAR THE BASS IN 1928. THIS SUGGESTS OCCUPATION IN THE BRONZE AGE.
FROM THE TOP OF THE BASS, THE FEMALE HILL OF MITHER TAP CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE.
NOTE THE SIMILARITY OF THE MOTTE & BAILEY TO THE NEOLITHIC MOUNDS OF SILBURY HILL, SILBABY & MARLBOROUGH MOUNT IN ENGLAND. THESE DATE TO 2400BC. IS IT POSSIBLE THE INVERURIE BASS IS A PREHISTORIC MANMADE CONSTRUCTION WHICH WAS LATER TAKEN ON TO BUILD A MOTTE & BAILEY? THE SITE SITS IN AN AREA RICH IN PREHISTORIC REMAINS.
Battle of Inverurie (1308)
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Battle of Inverurie (1308)
The Battle of Inverurie, also known as the Battle of Barra, was fought in May 1308 in the north-east of Scotland.Though part of the wider Wars of Scottish Independence it is more properly viewed as an episode in a brief but bitter civil war.
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Old Photographs Kintore Aberdeenshire Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Kintore, Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Tòrr, a town and former royal burgh near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. The name Kintore comes from the Gaelic, Ceann Tòrr. Ceann means the head, or the end, and Tòrr means a round hill. So the name signifies that the town was at the head or end of a round hill. This most likely refers to Tuach Hill to the south of the town. Established in the ninth century AD as a royal burgh, Kintore had its royal charter renewed by King James IV in 1506. But the area has clearly been a popular settlement since prehistoric times. Nearby are the remains of Hallforest Castle, former stronghold of the Earls of Kintore. Its Town House dates back to 1747. Kintore is the site of Deers Den Roman Camp and is thought to relate to Agricola's campaigns into Scotland. James Park was born in Kintore in 1857. He studied science in London, England, and worked as sheep farmer in New Zealand. He became professor of geology in Dunedin then Auckland. He was the father of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Defender of London during the Battle of Britain in 1940. James Park died in 1946.
Aberdeenshire - Inverurie 02.04.2011
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Town Centre,Riverside and The Bass.
Music - Charlie and Gary Peterson(Mandolin).
Pinch Of Snuff Set.
Home Recordings November 1998.
Muddy Good Times at Kirkhill Forest, Mountain Biking MTB
I set out to GoPro my favourite descents in Kirkhill Forest but about half way through my plan was foiled by a second rear wheel puncture and my gear cable snapping which meant a long-ish walk back to the car. I'd already got plenty of footage so check it out to get a flavour of the riding on offer. There's loads of trails packed into a relatively small forest so its definitely worth exploring.
10 Unsolved Mysteries Of Scotland
10 Unsolved Mysteries Of Scotland.From disappearing Library to the mysterious big cats, we look at 10 mysteries in Scotland that have not been solved to this day.
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Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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3 MILES WEST OF INVERURIE, IS THE BEST KNOWN RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLE IN ABERDEENSHIRE. EAST AQUHORTHIES IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED & COMPLETE CIRCLES IN GRAMPIAN. IT IS A MUST VISIT SITE WHICH OUR ANCESTORS ERECTED IN THE 3RD MILLENNIUM BC. THE CIRCLE IS IN STATE CARE & HAS A CAR PARK THEN A 400M WALK TO THE RING. THE NAME EASTER AQUHORTHIES TRANSLATES FROM GAELIC AS ‘FIELD OF PRAYER’ OR ‘FIELD OF PILLAR’.
THE RING IS MADE UP OF 11 STANDING STONES & A RECUMBENT. OUR ANCESTORS CHOSE AN ARRANGEMENT OF DIFFERENT COLOURED STONES. THEY ALSO CAREFULLY POSITIONED EASTER AQUHORTHIES SO MITHER TAP IS CLEARLY SEEN TO THE NW (THIS HILL RESEMBLES A FEMALE BREAST). THE DIAMETER IS AROUND 20M & IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECUMBENT CIRCLES.
THE RECUMBENT IS AROUND 4M LONG X 1.5M HIGH. THIS HUGE MEGALITH IS MADE OF RED GRANITE FROM NEAR BENNACHIE. THE EXTERNAL SURFACE HAS BEEN SMOOTHED OFF & LINES OF QUARTZ ARE VISIBLE. TWO STONE BLOCKS SITTING AT RIGHT ANGLES AT THE INTERIOR FACE OF THE RECUMBENT IS AN UNUSUAL FEATURE. THESE STONES MIGHT BE SUPPORTING THE RECUMBENT FROM TIPPING OR POSSIBLY HAVE SOME RITUAL ALTER OR SACRED SPACE FOR A NEOLITHIC ASTRONOMER PRIESTESS. THERE IS A SIMILAR FEATURE AT ALDAIR STONE CIRCLE.
THE RECUMBENT IS ORIENTATED SSW, AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE THE SUN SETS IN THE SW. THE PURPOSE OF THE RECUMBENT MIGHT BE SYMBOLICALLY BLOCKING OUT THE DYING SUN ON THE SOLSTICE. IT IS THOUGHT THE RECUMBENT & FLANKERS ACT AS A FRAME TO WATCH THE MOON SETTING OR RISING IN THE SOUTHERN SKY. THE POSITION OF THE RECUMBENT SETTING IS SLIGHTLY INSIDE THE CIRCLES CIRCUMFERENCE. THIS WAS NOTICED BY SCOTTISH ARCHAEOASTRONOMER ALEXANDER THOM WHO MEASURED THE RING IN 1957 & FOUND A TRUE CIRCLE.
THE TWO FLANKERS EITHER SIDE OF THE RECUMBENT ARE THE TALLEST STONES IN THE CIRCLE. THEY ARE MADE FROM GREY GRANITE. THE WEST FLANKER IS THE HIGHEST AT ROUGHLY 2.5M, IT IS ALSO THE THINNER STONE. NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE OUTER FACE IS THREE CUP MARKS & A POSSIBLE FORTH. THE WEST FLANKER RESEMBLES A MALE PHALUS WHEN VIEWED FROM THE SE. THE EAST FLANKER IS SLIGHTLY SHORTER & MAY BE THE FEMALE STONE.
THE STANDING STONES ARE EVENLY SPACED & SHOW GEOLOGICAL VARIATIONS. THE MEGALITH IN THE SE ARC IS RED JASPER. IT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE HEALING OR MAGICAL QUALITIES IF TOUCHED. ON THE WESTERN ARC IS A SMALL STONE WHICH SEEMS TO POINT TO THE SACRED HILL OF MITHER TAP. A NW ARC STONE IS DIAMOND SHAPED, THIS RESEMBLES FEMALE STONES AT AVEBURY & THE HURLERS IN ENGLAND. THE STONES WERE CLEANED IN 1985 EXPOSING PREVIOUSLY UNNOTICED COLOURING.
THE STONE DYKE, LOW BANK WHICH SURROUNDS THE CIRCLE WAS ADDED AROUND 1847 TO 1867. THERE IS A 0.25M HIGH LOW BUMP IN THE CENTRAL AREA. THIS SUGGESTS A RING CAIRN. A CIST WAS REFERENCED IN 1934. THE CIRCLES ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES WAS EXPLORED BY AARON WATSON & DAVID KEATING. IN THE RINGS PRESENT STATE THE ARCHITECTURE INFLUENCES THE SOUND IN THE CIRCLE. THE FIRST RECORD OF EASTER AQUHORTIES WAS IN 1769 IN AN ESTATE PLAN BY JOHN HOME. RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLES ARE ALSO FOUND IN SW IRELAND. CHECK OUT THE STONES OF WONDER WEB PAGE FOR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS.
Aberdeenshire, Stone Circles, Scotland, Part 2.
On my second trip to Aberdeenshire, Scotland. I visited the recumbent stone circles of Auld Bourtreebush, Auchquhorties, Old Keig, Whitehill, Cothiemuir Wood, Ardlair, Dunnydeer, Stonehead, Rothiemay, Inschfield, Wantonwells, Aikey Brae and Tomnaverie. In the short clip above you will see photographic content from these fascinating sites. Please watch part 1 for information about the recumbents of Aberdeenshire. Thanks for watching.
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Back o Bennachie backwards.wmv
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Tap o' Noth 17th April 2011
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Marches - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Back O' Bennachie; Drunken Piper; 72nd's Farewell to Aberdeen; Corriechoillie; My Love She's but A Lassie Yet; Rantin', Rovin', Robin. Amazing Grace: The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. After almost 300 years, the name of THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS is to disappear from the Order of Battle in the British Army on 2nd July, 1971. But while it is sad that a Regiment of such fame and of such fine tradition should be no more, this is also an occasion to welcome a new and fine Regiment. The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) is amalgamating with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards) to form Scotland's new armoured Regiment, THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS (Carabiniers and Greys). The histories of both the Greys in 1678 and the Carabiniers in 1685. Both served with distinction in Marlborough's Wars and in the Seven Years' War. During the Napoleonic Wars, both Regiments served under Wellington, including action in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo where the Scotsmen made their famous charge on their legendary grey mounts. It was then that Sergeant Ewart of the Greys captured the Eagles standard of Napoleon's Invincible Legion, the French 45th Regiment of Infantry. To this day, the Eagle has been the cap badge of the Royal Scots Greys, and it will continue to be worn by the new Regiment, backed by the carbines of the 3rd Carabiniers. Both Regiments serves in South Africa during the Boer War and they fought in the trenches during the First World War. From 1939 to 1945, The Greys fought in Palestine, North Africa, Italy and North-west Europe, while the Carabiniers formed part of the 14th Army in Burma. In keeping with the great traditions and honours from which it has been bred, the new Regiment of ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS is ready now to take its place as part of the spearhead of Britain's armoured forces. Equipped with the sophisticated hardware of the modern cavalry, the new Regiment will serve initially with the British Forces of the Rhine in Germany. This album features the music of the Mili8tayr Band of the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, both bands being made up from the fine musicians of each Regiment, and also the Russian Imperial Anthem which has been played at Guest Nights in Russia, was Colonel-In-Chief of the Regiment. This stirring and moving music will bring a flush of pride and a tear to the eyes of many thousands of Greys and Carabiniers, both past and present, and, I am sure, it will provide entertainment of the highest order for the many more people who have read of these Regiments' glories through the mists of history. --Pete Kerr.
Aberdeenshire, Stone Circles, Scotland, Part 3.
On my third trip to Aberdeenshire, Scotland I visited a number of recumbent stone circles. I have uploaded a short video of pictures I took of the following sites Hatton Of Ardoyne, Sunhoney, Midmar Kirk, Strichen, South Ythsie, Kirton Of Bourtie, Clune Wood and Nine Stanes. Please note Sunhoney and Midmar Kirk are revisited here from part 1 but this time with no snow. A few photos of East Aquhorthies at sunset appears in the clip above. Thanks for watching and please subscribe.
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Tyrebagger Stone Circle, Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Northern Lights - Aurora - Girvan - MJSFerrier - 14th October 2013
Northern Lights - Aurora - Girvan - MJSFerrier - 14th October 2013
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Minor display hard to see by eye due to the bright moon behind.
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MintlawToEllonApril2016HDMPEG4640
Video clips from a walk over the track bed of the EX GNSR branch between Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Dyce Junction, Aberdeen on the 18th April 2016.
I worked over these two routes as a second Man back in the 60's and enjoyed seeing the old station sites once again.
This walk began at Mintlaw, on the Peterhead branch, walking outwards to Maud Junction where it met the Fraserburgh branch then continuing south to Dyce Junction via Ellon. A 17 mile walk in total. Stations sites passed on the way were Maud Jct,, Auchnagatt, Arnage then Ellon.
I had walked all the routes last September but this time I concentrated on getting video clips rather than just photographs. I had hoped to walk all the route once again but the weather in April just didn't allow for it, weatherwise, so plan to to do Mintlaw To Peterhead, Strichen to Maud and Ellon to Dyce next year. Early April is a good time to do these walks as the weather is generally warmer and the lack of growth allows you to see far more artifact detail than when in full Summer growth.
My second walk was between Strichen and Fraserburgh. I hope to have that video uploaded in the next day or two.
I hope that you enjoy the video. My apologies for the way that converting to a lower resolution for YouTube has affected the text at the bottom of the screen.