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BikeOnBye · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 6021 Location: Aberdeenshire

Kemnay Quarry & Place of Origin

:idea: If you are in the Kemnay area you might be interested in seeing inside the quarry and getting good views of the countryside around Kemnay, not forgetting Kemnay itself.
On the Kintore to Alford road (B994) just as you enter Kemnay; if you look to your right you will see the Point of Origin (Place of Origin)

If you then take the first right there is a car park on the right near the top of the hill. It is a short walk up to the Point of Origin from there. When you get closer you can see the path spiral to the top of the Sculpture where you can look into the Quarry itself.

There are also views of the surrounding area. Be warned, I have been up there on a calm day and it has been cold and windy. The short walk is worth the views though and the view inside the quarry can be had with relative safety.
Right side

Centre

Left side

You can see some stones with the drill holes still in them

Enjoy the views and they are for free. smile

anax · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:47pm

These quarries seem a lot bigger than I thought they were. I suppose I've only seen them driving across to Inverurie, and just didn't think.

Your photos show you can take quite a spectacular walk up around them - with the current weather I think it'd make for a great outting.

And I like the photos so much I'll use them in other sections of this site. That is if you don't mind :D

BikeOnBye · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 6021 Location: Aberdeenshire

Feel free

anax · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:56pm

I just had a great long walk around the Don and Montgarrie, so I do FEEL FREE

BikeOnBye · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 6021 Location: Aberdeenshire

Leaflet

BikeOnBye · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 6021 Location: Aberdeenshire

Laeflet

BikeOnBye · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 6021 Location: Aberdeenshire

Leaflet

How it should look in a few years.

Some information about it.

BikeOnBye · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 6021 Location: Aberdeenshire

Note that the quarry is full of water in the early photo and dry in the later one when the quarry was being worked again to extract the Granite.

BoB

WildGarlic · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 872 Location: Alford-ish

Fab leaflet of the Poo project smile

anax · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:40pm

It looks like a great project, just the sort of thing our beautiful countryside and rich cultural heritage can do with smile

The pamphlet mentioned blocks from India, but I couldn't find them in the pictures and the artists said they weren't going to be installing sculptures. You don't know what that's about do you BoB?

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