Location
A mile east of Tarves
Tarves, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 884 315
Date
1861-2
Description
A bit of an ugly and intimidating monument to the hereditary principle and the divine right of the aristocracy/rich to rule the rest of us for their own advantage, however it is worth the climb up both the hill and the stairs for the view toward Bennachie. Erected to the memory of the Prime Minister the Fourth Earl of Aberdeen. A square tower of coursed red granite with dressed quoins and a corbelled and crenellated parapet. The lower stage is steeply battered. SMR
Related Information
Inscription reads: "TO GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON FOURTH EARL OF ABERDEEN BY HIS ATTACHED AND GRATEFUL TENANTRY HE WAS BORN AT EDINBURGH 28 JAN 1784 AND DIED AT LONDON 14 DEC 1860" one cannot help but wonder how voluntary all such subscriptions by 'grateful tenants' were.
Era
1800s
Information Source
SMR
Categories
- Architectural Decoration
- House Signs, Weather Vanes, Follies, etc
- Monumental
- Other Memorials and Grave Art
Photographer
- David Watson Hood
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