Venti Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Overtoun Bridge, Granny Kempock & Catman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen is quite hidden for the size of it. Once the largest man made hole in Europe. Also you can't get a zero reading on a geiger counter in the buildings next to it. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 I’ve always found the arch in Fettercairn to be a bit random, and also a bit OTT for a celebration of the Queen passing through the village. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 The ski centre at Bellahouston. It must take a beginner about fifteen seconds to descend.Making Hillend Ski Centre look like Val d'Isere in comparison. (Getting flashbacks here to my pal Brian suffering a "Hillend Thumb" in P6, oh god the screams of pain!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, johnnydun said: Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen is quite hidden for the size of it. Once the largest man made hole in Europe. Also you can't get a zero reading on a geiger counter in the buildings next to it. Best appreciated with this view prior to flooding: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just now, Hedgecutter said: Best appreciated with this view prior to flooding: That is a great image. If they did that now it would be half full of "missing persons" and stolen cars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: I’ve always found the arch in Fettercairn to be a bit random, and also a bit OTT for a celebration of the Queen passing through the village. Was it not mandatory to build an arch for a "royal visit" for a while? Sure theres similar in Dundee somewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Was it not mandatory to build an arch for a "royal visit" for a while? Sure theres similar in Dundee somewhere. There was, but it’s now long gone. https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/what-was-so-special-about-dundees-royal-arch/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Rubislaw Quarry was sold for £60k. Peter Ross is a good writer, and he gives this tale a good write-up:https://www.scotsman.com/news/peter-ross-who-would-pay-ps60000-450-foot-hole-ground-2469920 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 There’s also now a Hobbit House just west of Drumnadrochit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 A bench from Lord's that someone donated to Kelso CC. Kelso are Scotland's oldest cricket club being formed in the 1820s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 42 minutes ago, johnnydun said: Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen is quite hidden for the size of it. Once the largest man made hole in Europe. Now the biggest man made hole in Europe : 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 15 minutes ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: Rubislaw Quarry was sold for £60k. Peter Ross is a good writer, and he gives this tale a good write-up: https://www.scotsman.com/news/peter-ross-who-would-pay-ps60000-450-foot-hole-ground-2469920 Maybe Melanius could fill it in for them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just now, Hedgecutter said: Reminds me of some seating from Govan that ended up in Perth. TBF thats a myth, we simply copied their colour system to make it easier for fans when the stadium was sold out. AKA "Enter East Stand at turnstile 1, blue seats, row k, seat 72" Obviously irrelevant now, but not when the stadium opened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Actually there's a few examples of recycling at Scottish grounds- Saint Mirren's lights at Cappielow, some of the newer Love Street plastic seats ended up at Meadowbank and Threave Rovers, a stand from Douglas Park can be found at Auchinleck Talbot and Ainslie Park has some old Tynecastle turnstiles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, tamthebam said: Actually there's a few examples of recycling at Scottish grounds- Saint Mirren's lights at Cappielow, some of the newer Love Street plastic seats ended up at Meadowbank and Threave Rovers, a stand from Douglas Park can be found at Auchinleck Talbot and Ainslie Park has some old Tynecastle turnstiles. Don't forget the old Love St urinals in the South Stand at Pittodrie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) On the subject of holes in the ground, I may as well add in the ‘Great Northern Time Machine’ in Assynt, a cave chamber large enough to fit the Usher Hall inside it. However, those wanting to visit need to walk, crawl and climb through 2km of cave just to reach it. FWIW they found a bear skeleton just lying on the surface in here. Edited October 11, 2020 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4d/d0/60/4dd060c425db09aa33ee9fcecc781d4a.jpgThe Fyrish monument near Evanton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Cromwell's Clock Tower in Inverness. Apparently when it was built it was out in the countryside but is now swallowed up by an industrial estate. There was talk a few years ago of taking it apart brick-by-brick and rebuilding it somewhere else but nothing seems to have come of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, Highland Capital said: There was talk a few years ago of taking it apart brick-by-brick and rebuilding it somewhere else but nothing seems to have come of it. Seems mental, but they did this with 'Wallace's Tower' in Aberdeen that used to be in the city centre. Part of the deal with M&S was that they could build their concrete horror show on the site on condition they paid for the tower to be moved. It now sits out beside the lovely suburb of Tillydrone. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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