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.
Panorama showing old croft and steading This ruin, at Baikiehill near Rothienorman, has now been "renovated", complete with bright pink harl...
Steading and Croft at Baikiehill The County Archaeology Department refer to such ruins as "fossils in the landscape".
Inside the ruined steading at Baikiehill See panoramas of the same building.
Migvie Kirk and Kirkyard Notice the raised ground level of the kirkyard and the retaining wall so common a feature of kirkyar...
Migvie class II Pictish Stone Horseman clearly seen, other symbols not. Walking cross on obverse side.
Coldwells Steading, Inverurie Old farm track leading down to Coldwells which has a wonderful wrought iron sign showing heavy horse...
Incised Stone Another view of the stone that I have come to call "the ravenstone", and this is the surface with tw...
Tap O' Noth from the Suie A snow covered Tap O' Noth and surrounding scenery from the layby on the Suie Road.
Denburn Croft Very little is now left of this former croft, however some foundation stones and stone dykes are vis...
Whitehouse Crags One of a number of crags of varying sizes, mainly of metamorphic rock and some listed as good traini...