Location
Glen Tanar, South Deeside rd, along the river Dee
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NO 520 975
Description
A stone inscribed with the words: "Dry lines , no fish" and a cross like mark the inscription showing some trace of colour. Possibly by Sir William Cuncliffe Brooks, Laird of Glentanar who died in 1900. There are several other inscribed stones on the estate many at the sites of springs/wells.
Related Information
The Glen Tanar Estate was originally a deer forest which was part of the Aboyne Castle Estate. In 1869 Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, a Manchester banker and MP, bought the estate from the 10th Marquis of Huntly. Brooks employed Thomas Mawson to layout the garden and estate, George Truefitt as architect, and 250 masons to construct the buildings, built of granite quarried locally.
Era
1800s
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Creator
- Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, Designer
Photographer
- Anke Addy
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