Category: Excursion
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Lagmore circles
Wow! What a fantastic way to spend a few hours on the last day of 2024 🙂 I first tried to get to Marionburgh circle but the gate was shut with a sign saying no access, I’m not sure how that interlinks with the freedom to roam but I thought I’d return if the other…
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Durn Hill
This was a lovely solstice walk up durn hill for the first time, if a touch on the windy side. Getting there meant a drive via the carnyx find site and past Gaulcross. I parked at the quarry which is disused but it looks like Aberdeenshire council sometimes uses the site for storage, so don’t…
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Rhynie and more
My heritage society comrade had doublebooked himself and hence could not join the excursion so we resecheduled and I went to visit the Pictish power centre of Rhynie instead. It did not disappoint! Before moving up here, I didn’t know much beyond the blue-painted dreadlocked warrior stereotype of the Picts. Unsurprisingly, things turn out to…
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Gamrie excursion
This excursion was great fun and the august representatives of the heritage group were blessed with fine weather as we travelled about the countryside merrily in a convoy of three cars.
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Thorax stone circle
On my way home from Battle hill I was in a good mood so I thought I’d check Thorax stone circle out. Taking the turn-off from the B9023, I followed a track which it dawned on me was simply leading to Thorax Farm; having read online that the owners were friendly to stonehunters, I decided…
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Ha’ Hillock
I’ve been meaning to check out this mound a while and today was the day. After long deliberations, I decided that the layby just by the bridge down from Nether Blairock farmhouse was ok to park in since it’s not a passing place. I def think about these things too much, but on the flipside…
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Battle hill, Huntly
One of the things I love most about the magical part of Aberdeenshire around Huntly is that I am always stumbling across amazing ancient sites. After picking up a fbook marketplace item near the station, I thought I’d check out Battle hill, purely for the walk and then of course it turns out it is…
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I love it round here! Part two
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I love it round here!
Amazing! And I do like that sign on Cullen golf club, even though the building itself is a monstrosity.
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Findlater castle
I have to say a visit to this ruin really cheered me up 🙂 It was raining when I parked and by the time I walked down to the coast it was sunny.