Aberdeen, Queen's Road, Rubislaw Quarry
Quarry (18th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Queen's Road, Rubislaw Quarry
Classification Quarry (18th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hill Of Rubislaw; Rubislaw Quarries
Canmore ID 20025
Site Number NJ90NW 124
NGR NJ 911 054
NGR Description Centred NJ 911 054
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20025
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 124.00 centred 911 054
NJ90NW 124.01 NJ 912 056 tunnel ('Conoco site').
Not to be confused with NJ90NW 1586 and NJ90NW 1590.
Rubislaw Quarries (disused) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, [undated]
(Location cited as NJ 9112 0547). Air photographs: AAS/78/2/S1/4, AAS/97/11/G24/1-2 and AAS/97/07/CT.
(Newspaper references cited).
NMRS, MS/712/29 and MS/712/83.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Aberdeen, Rubislaw Quarries
Note (15 August 2012)
Reported that the quarry will be pumped out and a heritage centre established.
BBC News wesbite http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19266539 (retrieved 15 August 2012, 13.48)
Information from RCAHMS (MMD) 15 August 2012.
