Dancing Cairns Quarry Aberdeen
The granite industry of aberdeenshire employs altogether about 9000 men including quarriers paving stone makers builders monumental sculptors and polishers.
Dancing cairns quarry aberdeen. This disused quarry has been almost entirely filled in and landscaped for an aberdeen city council golf course auchmill. Extend onto map sheet nj80ne. Dancing cairns quarry aberdeen. And those dependent upon it may be estimated at about 45000.
The paving slabs consist of a coarse aggregate composite concrete and granite chip material made by the adamant stone and paving co. It was over 200ft deep. Auchmill road forms part of aberdeens arterial road network and connects into the a96 aberdeen to inverness trunk road and the newly completed awpr. Union bridge st nicholas church and screen circa 1880.
The quarry had been working since the late 18th century when it was opened by messrs snell rennie and may but as far as we can see the. Oral answers to questions scotland in the house of commons at 1200 am on 30th july 1957. The district is also well known for its granite quarries which can be seen on both sides of the river the principal quarries on the route being persley cairncry and dancing cairns. Above bucksburn village was the dancing cairns granite quarry.
Its pink stone is fine grained in contrast to the larger grained red granite taken from stirlinghill quarry. Dancingcairns quarries disused nat undated os 110000 map. Asked the secretary of state for scotland in view of the fact that he has ordered an inquiry to be held into the deaths and injuries caused at dancing cairns quarry aberdeen how many people and of what ages and sexes were during the last 10 years killed and injured respectively at that quarry. Auchmill rd aberdeen ab21 9nb this building is located at the western end of the dancing cairns spur road leading from auchmill road bucksburn.
Bankhead was once the terminus of the aberdeen suburban tram service. Of aberdeen at its adamant stone paving works. Part of the dancing cairns quarry works close to the bucksburn howe. As children we used to go and play in and around the quarry catching tadpoles frogs newts sticklebacks.
In spite of over 60 years since closure two sections of rail remain behind a chinese take away restaurant on which stood the old tram depot next to bankhead church. On passing the latter quarry a new industry will be seen in the works of the adamant stone paving company where an excellent stone for pavements is being manufactured from the refuse heaps of the quarry. Corrennie quarry 23 miles west of aberdeen is one of the few local quarries still working today. A few large outcrops are exposed and the scarps of several spoil tips are visible along the lower n side but the buildings associated with the.
Bankhead and bucksburn serve the farming community and also the stoneywood and maggiemoss paper mills on the river don. Rubislaw granite quarry aberdeen. Alert me about debates like this.