Quarries, Bogs and Trackways

 This part of ‘Bennachie Landscapes’ will concentrate on recording all of the quarries, bogs, trackways and other man-made structures across the hill.This will be both extensive in scope and intensive in detail. It is hoped that the features can demonstrate the ways in which the hill has been utilised by past communities around the area. Metrical detail will hope to recognise changes in usage patterns through time. Once the recording has been achieved, it is hoped that closer study of specific features will generate a better picture of the changing technologies employed to access the resources through time. Initial recording is anticipated to start this Autumn.

Quarries on Bennachie
There are a number of quarries which can still be seen on Bennachie dating back to the 18th Century. The Bailies archive has a press cutting in which George Esson, the last of the colonists, regrets the end of stonecutting on the hill. Click Here to view.  We are looking for more material and for reminiscences relating to quarrying activity to add to our knowledge of the hill's history.