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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
near Tarves
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
The car park for the monument is east of the village of Tarves (AB41) on an unclassified road off the B999. It is signposted. A footpath leads to the monument from the car park. The distance is approximately 1.25 miles and includes uphill sections.<br /><br />To mark the re-opening of the monument to the public 1st Methlick Scout Group will do an abseil down the tower.<br />To take place at 14:00 onwards.
OpeningTime1
All Day
OpeningDate1
15/9/2012
IsNewThisYear
Yes
ID
Google Panorama ID
12275
Refreshments
No
AddressLine2
east of the A999
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Prop of Ythsie
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
aberdeenshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
293
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,57.37349,-2.193982;
Description
An account of the resource
The Prop of Ythsie was built as a monument to the Prime Minister, George Hamilton Gordon, fourth Earl of Aberdeen, by his “attached and grateful tenantry”. It is a 25m high granite tower with an internal granite and clay brick spiral staircase exiting to an external viewing area with granite parapet. This affords spectacular views of the surrounding area.<br /><br />The monument has recently been closed to the public while the North East Scotland Preservation Trust completed the management of a programme of repairs and maintenance to the monument including the complete re-pointing in lime mortar.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861/62