Location
Hill of Culsh standing on the hilltop to the north of the village, adjacent to the cemetery.
New Deer, Turriff, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 881 483
Date
1876
Description
The 80ft (24m) Culsh Monument, erected 1876 in memory of William Fordyce MP of Brucklay , Aberdeenshire's first MP.
Viewing platforms are provided at the base, and at the top of the spiral staircase within the tower. On a clear day the distant Caithness Hills can be seen to the north, Ben Rinnes at Dufftown in the west, the Grampian Mountains to the south and Peterhead to the east.
Related Information
Site of stone circle; of which no trace remains. The stones were removed for the purpose of building the Free Church manse (NJ882 479); the reputed site is now occupied by the monument.
Era
1800s
Information Source
Abdns SMR
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Photographer
- Andrew Bruce
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