The Dalhousie Arch, Edzell
Dating from 1887 and built in the local red sandstone, the Dalhousie Arch spans the B966 south of the Angus village. It commemorates the 13th Earl of Dalhousie and his wife, who died on the same day in 1887 from separate causes. The ornate tower seen beyond the arch is the Inglis Memorial Hall of 1897.
I became familiar with Edzell during the 1980s after my mother remarried and moved to Kirriemuir, just a few miles away. I confess that it is only now that I learned the story behind the Edzell arch: I had long thought that it was associated with an even grander arch over the B966 just a few miles north, at Fettercain. That arch had been constructed during the 1860s to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert when they were on their way to Balmoral.
August 1983
Yashica FR1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.
The Dalhousie Arch, Edzell
Dating from 1887 and built in the local red sandstone, the Dalhousie Arch spans the B966 south of the Angus village. It commemorates the 13th Earl of Dalhousie and his wife, who died on the same day in 1887 from separate causes. The ornate tower seen beyond the arch is the Inglis Memorial Hall of 1897.
I became familiar with Edzell during the 1980s after my mother remarried and moved to Kirriemuir, just a few miles away. I confess that it is only now that I learned the story behind the Edzell arch: I had long thought that it was associated with an even grander arch over the B966 just a few miles north, at Fettercain. That arch had been constructed during the 1860s to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert when they were on their way to Balmoral.
August 1983
Yashica FR1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.