StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Stirling Hill Quarry

Hawthorn Leslie "Victoria" shunts tipper waggons at Stirling Hill quarry. (B&W and undated, and probably prior to 1940s)

This image shows a prison officer, on guard duty - patrolling the quarry rim - rifle and sword bayonet / cutlass at the ready, as convicts work in Stirling Hill quarry near Peterhead Prison. Although this was taken prior to 1959, the scene hasn't changed much from before WW1. This image was obtained during one of the limited number of times a press photographer had been allowed access to the prison.

Stirling Hill Quarry Station. Date not known. A group of convicts (ie those with prison sentences that included "hard labour") about to board the train that will return them to Peterhead Prison - with such short shadows, probably for their mid-day meal - just over two and a half miles away. In the foreground is a train on tipper waggons, loaded with the granite for further processing in the Admiralty Yard, next to the prison.