Blue Toon Quine's Doric Vlog No.1
Doric poems, stories and ither nonsense fae your local authoress, Dr Fiona-Jane Brown facebook.com/bluetoonwriter
Mercat Cross Ciekawy monument na Castle Street w Aberdeen
Mercat Cross, Castle Street, Aberdeen
Dzieło jakiegoś szkockiego architekta John Montgomery, który stworzył ten monument w 1686 roku. Podobne budowle są w różnych innych szkockich miastach i jest to lokalne określenie dla market cross
Foodie break in Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire
There’s every opportunity to get a real taste of Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire during your stay.
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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.
Monument View, Inverurie - The Perfect Place
Welcome to Monument View – Set in Inverurie, one of Aberdeenshire’s most prosperous market towns, Monument View presents you with a wonderful opportunity to live in the heart of an
established and thriving community in one of the fastest growing towns in Europe.
This stunning development is surrounded by beautiful views and open space, yet has a wealth of amenities on the doorstep and the cosmopolitan attractions of Aberdeen, just a stone’s throw away.
Monument View offers a range of 2, 3 & 4 bedroom, energy efficient homes all featuring high specification and differing in size and character. Whether you are a couple wishing to upgrade to a stylish villa, a family needing space to grow, if you are looking to downsize or simply wishing to invest in a stunning low-maintenance home – Monument View is the perfect place for you.
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Doric from around Aberdeen
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DORIC: Fit like ‘en loons and quines, welcome to Aberdeen, also known as the Granite City. Quite often we get asked by students, will I be able to understand the language when I come to Aberdeen? The dialect we speak here is called Doric, and we have got some very helpful phrases to help you understand things when you come to our city.
TRANSLATION: Hello there ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Aberdeen, also known as the Granite City. Quite often we get asked by students, will I be able to understand the language when I come to Aberdeen? The dialect we speak here is called Doric, and we have got some very helpful phrases to help you understand things when you come to our city.
DORIC: We have got a bonny library where you will find ah-hin.
TRANSLATION: We have got a lovely library where you will find everything.
DORIC: So, on a Saturday afterneen you can come doon the road tae Pitodry and watch the Dandy Dons play fitba.
TRANSLATION: So, on a Saturday afternoon you can come down the road to Pittodrie and watch the Dandy Dons (Aberdeen Football Club) play football.
DORIC: I’ve been kicking a ba aboot for a gye lang time and I am fair wappit, and my heed is full of mince. So, I’m awa for a cup of tea.
TRANSLATION: I’ve been kicking a ball about for a very long time and I am very tired and my head is foggy. So, I am going to get a cup of tea.
DORIC: So, I’ve got my fly cuppa and a fine piece, and this looks like an affa fine piece. Fit rare!
TRANSLATION: So, I’ve got my cup of tea and a sweet treat / cake, and this looks very nice. Brilliant!
DORIC: Come to Aberdeen oor city by the sea, and come and see our famous scurries, ‘cause we’ve got hunners of them and they are absolutely massive.
TRANSLATION: Come to Aberdeen our city by the sea, and see our famous seagulls, because we have got lots of them and they are absolutely huge.
DORIC: So, when you come to Aberdeen there is absolutely heeps of things tae de in yer spare time and there is stuff happening aawye oor the city. In fact, come doon the harbour and come to the fantastic award winning Maritime Museum.
TRANSLATION: So, when you come to Aberdeen there is absolutely loads of things to do in your spare time and there is things happening everywhere over the city. In fact, come down to the harbour and come to the fantastic awards winning Maritime Museum.
DORIC: Well, we hope you have enjoyed yer wee tour of Aberdeen, this really is a city for aabudy. Slainte!
TRANSLATION: Well, we hope you have enjoyed your little tour of Aberdeen, this really is a city for everyone. Cheers!
Ancestry Genealogy Photographs Stonehaven Kincardineshire Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. As the old county town of Kincardineshire, Stonehaven grew around an Iron Age fishing village, now the Auld Toon, and expanded inland from the seaside. As late as the 16th century, old maps indicate the town was called Stonehyve or Stonehive. It is known informally to locals as Stoney.
Our weekend antics in Aberdeenshire
Cycling; BBQ and a cheese & wine feast including a blind taste test to select our favourite bottle
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Old Photographs Huntly Aberdeenshire Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of Huntly, Aberdeenshire. John Perie VC was born in 1831 in Huntly. he was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He died on 17 September 1874. Huntly was the home town of the writer George MacDonald born 1824, died 1905. Ian Cameron, father of British Prime Minister, David Cameron, was from Glass, Huntly; he was born at Blairmore House. I hope these photographs are of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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Places to see in ( Grantown on Spey - UK )
Places to see in ( Grantown on Spey - UK )
Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. Grantown on Spey was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles south east of Inverness (35 miles by road). Originally called simply Grantown after Sir James Grant, on Spey was added by the burgh council in 1898.
There are no rail services to Grantown. The closest main line stations are Aviemore and Carrbridge from which trains travel North/South between Inverness and the central belt. There is also a station at Forres from which trains run between Inverness and Aberdeen. The Strathspey Railway is a heritage railway which currently runs between Aviemore and Broomhill (nr Nethy Bridge) via Boat of Garten. There is a proposal to extend this railway to Grantown.
The town is twinned with Notre-Dame-de-Monts in the Vendée, Pays-de-la-Loire, France, and Grant Town, West Virginia in the United States. Since 2011, Grantown-on-Spey has been home to Shinty club Strathspey Camanachd. There is a small museum located in Burnfield Avenue near one of the town's three free car-parks.
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Bass Of Inverurie, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
A journey through Scotland's ancient sites....
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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.
PICTISH STONES
THE FOUR PICTISH SYMBOL STONES WERE BUILT INTO THE WALLS OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH. THIS WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1775. IN THE 19TH CENTURY THEY WERE MOVED TO THEIR PRESENT LOCATION, METERS FROM THE BASS
1. A 1.7M LONG X 0.5M WIDE, RECUMBENT, RED GRANITE STONE. THE GLYPHS ON SHOW ARE A CRESCENT, A V ROD, A CIRCULAR DISK & RECTANGLE (MIRROR CASE) A SERPENT WITH A STRAIGHT ROD, A DOUBLE DISK & Z ROD.
2. ANOTHER RED GRANITE, FRAGMENTED STONE FROM THE 7TH CENTURY, AT 0.75M HIGH X 0.60M WIDE. HERE WE HAVE TWO DISKS JOINED TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL DECORATION.
3. A BROKEN, PINK GRANITE STONE, CARVED WITH A DOUBLE DISK & Z ROD, JUST VISIBLE AT THE TOP IS THE ARC OF ANOTHER SYMBOL.
4. GALLOPING HORSE, LONG TAIL, POINTED EARS, CIRCULAR EYES. ANOTHER 7TH CENTURY CARVING.
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS FROM PREHISTORY. THEY ERECTED THESE FASCINATING MEGALITHIC SITES, WHICH WE CAN STILL VISIT TODAY.
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Places to see in ( Ellon - UK )
Places to see in ( Ellon - UK )
Ellon is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 16 miles north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan, which has one of the few undeveloped river estuaries on the eastern coast of Scotland. It is in the ancient region of Formartine. Its name is believed to derive from the Gaelic term Eilean, an island, on account of the presence of an island in the River Ythan, which offered a convenient fording point.
Places of interest within the town include the ruins of Ellon Castle, surrounded by walls known as the Deer Dyke, and the Auld Brig, a category A listed bridge across the Ythan, built in 1793 and still in use as a pedestrian bridge. The Riverside Park offers walkways alongside the Ythan, from which herons, salmon, trout and otters may be observed. In 2013, a new 5.5 acre eco-brewery, owned and crowdfunded by BrewDog, was opened in a greenfield site just outside of Ellon.
Ellon has a community centre, which includes a swimming pool and café. The Ythan Centre is a building dedicated to serving the needs of Ellon's teenage population. This facility includes a soundproofed room where amateur bands can practise and a large hall with roof to floor length mirrors, which the dance group Refresh uses for their weekly practice.
The Meadows sports centre, located on the outskirts of Ellon, has many sporting facilities and clubs, including football and rugby pitches, an astroturf pitch for hockey, a gym, and a multi-use sports hall. The Meadows is also home to the Ellon United football team, the Ellon RFC and the Ellon HC.
Ellon has benefited from the North Sea oil demand, and is one of the main dormitory towns for Aberdeen. It is part of the proposed Energetica corridor of development. The population is expanding as young families seek to escape Aberdeen and move to nearby towns like Ellon, Inverurie and Banchory. During 2006, Ellon ranked as the town with the fourth most rapidly increasing average house prices in Scotland.
Ellon is bypassed by the A90 road, which offers convenient access to Aberdeen to the south and Peterhead and Fraserburgh to the north. Other major road links are the A920 west to Oldmeldrum and Huntly, and the A948 north to New Deer. Regular and frequent bus services link Ellon with Aberdeen, Inverurie, Peterhead, Fraserburgh and surrounding towns and villages, serving both the town centre and the large Park and Ride facility at the eastern edge of the town.
Ellon railway station was a principal station on the Great North of Scotland Railway line that ran from Aberdeen to Fraserburgh and Peterhead. Due to the Beeching Axe, passenger services were withdrawn on the Formartine and Buchan Railway line in 1965. Freight services continued on the line until 1979 (Fraserburgh only, the Maud-Peterhead section was closed in 1970), at which point the entire line was closed.
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The Streets of Huntly: 7 Days After
A drive through the snowy streets of Huntly
Class 47s at Abernethy 25 May 2013
Class 47s passing Abernethy on SRPS Railtour from Kyle of Lochalsh to North Berwick
saved from Woodham's scrapyard
This was the British Railways 2-6-4T No. 80105 in BR black livery. Built 1955, BR Brighton Works. Original cost £18,206.Owned by Locomotive Owners’ Group (Scotland) Ltd. This was some footage that I filmed back in 1999 after No. 80105's had her complete overhaul going through its first ever moves behind the Romney shed at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway and then running up and down the Bo'ness station loop on December 11th, 1999 with the locomotive performing well enough on a cold wet winters day.
After World War 2, it was necessary to provide new locomotives to replace worn out equipment. So, when the railways were amalgamated into British Railways, the locomotive engineers were given the task to compare existing techniques and standardise the best. From this came a range of twelve new classes of locomotives to suit different power requirements. The 2-6-4 tank design was intended for heavy mixed traffic duties, and 155 were built for service throughout Britain, of which almost 50 saw duties in Scotland.
In 1952, the first of the class in Scotland were allocated to Inverurie (replacing life-expired locomotives from the Great North of Scotland Railway on services to Ballater, Buchan and Aberdeen - Inverness) and to Polmadie and Corkerhill sheds in Glasgow for outer suburban traffic which extended even to Edinburgh (Princes Street), and to Carlisle (via Dumfries). Later arrivals were shedded at Dundee, Stirling and Perth (the latter working to Inverness). The class was also found at Dumfries, Hawick and Beattock (for banking assistance).
No.80105 was one of a batch which was set to work on the London, Tilbury and Southend section out of London Fenchurch St. It was displaced by electrification, after only 8 years service, to the Western Region for use on the Cambrian Coast sections. The locomotive was then based variously at Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Croes Newydd, before final withdrawal in 1965, still in almost new condition and in no need of a heavy overhaul.
The locomotive was bought from Woodham's scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, in 1975 by a group of SRPS members. It is a mainstay of Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway services, but has also visited several other railways north and south of the border.80105 has proved to be an excellent locomotive, free-steaming and powerful, and has more than fulfilled the hopes and expectations of her owners
South Ythsie, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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SOUTH YTHSIE
TARVES
ABERDEENSHIRE
SCOTLAND
SOUTH YTHSIE IS A SMALL AND ENIGMATIC STONE CIRCLE. OUR ANCESTORS ERECTED THIS RING WITH NO RECUMBENT STONE. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR NORTH EAST SCOTLAND. THERE IS PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SITE.
THE SIX BOULDER RING, IS ROUGHLY 8.2M IN DIAMETER. IT SITS ON A LEVELLED OFF ARTIFICIAL PLATFORM, WHICH IS NEARLY 1M IN HEIGHT. THE SITE IS THOUGHT TO BE 4000 YEARS OLD, WHICH MAKES IT LATE NEOLITHIC OR EARLY BRONZE AGE.
A SO CALLED “DRUIDS TEMPLE” WHICH CONSISTS OF THREE WHINSTONE (GNEISS), TWO PORPHYRITIC STONES, WITH SEAMS OF QUARTZ AND ONE GREY GRANITE STONE. THE BOULDERS ARE AROUND 0.8M TO 1.7M HIGH. THEY RISE IN HEIGHT TOWARDS THE SOUTH WEST.
A MAP FROM 1868 SHOWS A SEVEN STONE CIRCLE. ALEXANDER THOM THE SCOTTISH ARCHAEOASTRONOMER, MEASURED SOUTH YTHSIE AND FOUND A TYPE B FLATTENED CIRCLE.
200M TO THE NORTH EAST, RECORDS SHOWED AN OUTLYING STONE WITH A NEARBY CIST. A STANDING STONE ROUGHLY 1.5M X 1.2M WIDE WAS SAID BY AN OLD LOCAL RESIDENT TO BE “ONE REMAINING OF THE OUTER CIRCLE WHICH FORMERLY STOOD HERE” THIS STONE HAS DISAPPEARED SINCE AT LEAST 1902, WHEN FR COLES VISITED.
IN 1818 A LARGE CAIRN OF STONES WAS REMOVED NEAR THE CIRCLE. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAIRN SEVERAL CISTS WERE UNCOVERED WITH EVIDENCE OF MANY CREMATIONS.
SOUTH YTHSIE CIRCLE WAS RESTORED IN 1994 BY TARVES HERITAGE PROJECT AND SHELL BETTER BRITAIN. PERMISSION WAS GRANTED FROM HISTORIC SCOTLAND AND THE MACKIE FAMILY.
A BIG THANKS TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.