Jim Talbot
Interested in many aspects of local history, but particularly items related to ancient monuments. Also currently researching life and music of Pipe Major Jimmy MacHardy.
Farmtrack on Whitehouse Estate Mature beech trees line the main Whitehouse Estate track. The garden wall of Whitehouse can be seen ...
Lochnaggar and Pressendye from Whitehouse Estate Snow capped lochnaggar can just be seen in the far distance centre, with Pressendye on rhs.
The Chaumer and the Bothy A description of a few Doric terms on display at the Alford Heritage Museum.
Kitchenalia at Alford Heritage Centre and Museum A small part of the scullery display...items used in a farmhouse kitchen from butter churns to cream...
Oddly marked stone from stone circle at Ardlair One of the outlier stones at Ardlair stone circle showing markings similar to those found on stones ...
Entrance to Culsh Souterrain A fascinating underground storage structure which extends underneath the Tarland Road (take a torch!...
All that remains of the glacial meltwater lake? This bog is just about the lowest lying point in the Howe of Alford and may well represent the final...
Names and dates carved in trees I wonder if these folk remember making these carvings on a beech tree back in 1945 and 1946? Many of...
Very peculiar carved stone Look carefully......can you see what appears to have been carved into this piece of diorite? Inciden...
Another oddly marked stone This stone is quite interesting because it bears both what would appear to be purposeful incisions i...Latest Pics
