Comments on: The Prince Albert Cairn, Balmoral, Aberdeenshire

By: Editor

Editor — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:11:12 +0000

Hello Ashley. It’s a steep climb up to the Cairn but the amazing structure makes it well worth the effort. I didn’t know of its existence until I was planning that Scottish trip. Thank you for your kind comments.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:40:44 +0000

Hello. I’m amazed to have never previously heard of, or seen a photograph of, this huge Prince Albert Cairn. Thank you for informing, surprising, and entertaining us each week.

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:40:40 +0000

In reply to Christine. Good morning Christine. There was lots of national press interest in the new monument, and that particular line was in the Bolton Chronicle in August 1862. I noted it because I thought the author was absolutely right. Thanks for the kind comments.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:15:10 +0000

Great page! Do you know who said, “this rude monument will form an object of deep interest to future visitors to the Highlands”? I’d love to know! Where did you find it?

By: Editor

Editor — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:26:10 +0000

In reply to Valerie Greaves. Sadly not, back at home now. Our invitation must have got lost in the post! Merry Christmas Valerie.

By: Valerie Greaves

Valerie Greaves — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 17:03:05 +0000

In reply to Editor. Christmas at Balmoral, lucky you!

By: Editor

Editor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:44:34 +0000

In reply to Julia Abel Smith. Hello Julia. Thank you, and thanks for pointing out the hatchment, which I hadn’t looked at in detail. It’s a subject I’ve always intended to investigate, so this is the just impetus I need.

By: Julia Abel Smith

Julia Abel Smith — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:28:19 +0000

Very happy Christmas to you FF and thank you for your weekly posts, which always inform and entertain.

I was particularly interested to see the hatchment above the front door in the 1863 photograph of Balmoral. It appears that the deceased was a woman. Hatchments are such a regular feature in churches but it is rare to see evidence of them displayed, as they always were, at the home of the deceased.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 10:36:50 +0000

In reply to Judy Mitchell. Thank you Judy and sending best wishes for the festive season.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 10:36:08 +0000

In reply to John St Brioc Hooper. Hello John. Thanks for the kind words and good wishes. Hopefully our paths will cross in 2022.