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Queen to be presented with cairn

03:25, Sep 27 2012

 

The Queen is to be presented with a cairn, as part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations, close to the Balmoral Estate.

To mark each year of her reign 60 stones of varying shapes have been collected to create the display in a garden in Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

The Queen will be introduced to the builders of the stoned landscape and will unveil a plaque to mark the site in the village on Royal Deeside.

The idea for the commemoration came from Gordon Bruce and Alistair Cassie, two Ballater residents who wanted to mark the Diamond Jubilee in a unique way.

The cairn project was funded by local donations and 60 stones, large and small, were collected from the surrounding countryside.

The stones are set within a bed of mixed heather in a garden in Ballater village green.

The main stone was donated by the Invercauld Estate and is engraved with two thistles and Queen Elizabeth II 1952 - 2012 Jubilee.

The Queen will be met by James Ingleby, Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, who will then introduce Mr Bruce, Mr Cassie and other residents involved in building the cairn.

She will then be piped out of the village by the Ballater Pipe Band, leaving along a route lined with fire torches in similar fashion to that of Queen Victoria during her Diamond Jubilee celebrations in the village in 1897.

 

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