Aberdeen City HER - NJ90NW0015 - RUBISLAW QUARRIES

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Primary ReferenceNJ90NW0015
NameRUBISLAW QUARRIES
NRHE Card No.NJ90NW124
NRHE Numlink 20025
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Quarry, now disused, which was the source for most of the granite for the building of Victorian Aberdeen It opened in 1741, and was used extensively for buildings in Aberdeen and also widely exported. The quarry is 500 feet deep (circa 150m). The OS 1st edition map shows an engine house to the southern end of the site, also a flagstaff.. Several cranes are shown within the quarry on the OS 2nd edition map, by which time the earlier engine house had been removed and another built on the north side of the quarry. The quarry closed in 1971.
Last Update28/02/2020
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerACU
Date of Compilation13/09/2017
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National Grid Reference: NJ 9110 0548


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Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
QUARRIES  A100
CRANES SITE OFB100
ENGINE-HOUSES SITE OFC100
FLAGSTAFFS SITE OFD100