Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

Another royal jubilee of note!

This massive pink granite horse trough was erected by the villagers of Newburgh in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's 60th year on the throne. 
I doubt that the trough was ever intended to be used to water horses, or humans,  since it has no opening for the necessary plumbing and the basin is only 4 inches deep.
The village gardening group now use the trough as a large plant container and installed this year's flowers a couple of days ago.
The other odd shaped stone was once used to protect the corner of a building from damage by passing horse-carts. 

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