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At Menie Coast Guard Station, granite boulder, 54 feet in 
circumference and 7 feet above ground; also a greenstone 
boulder, 78 feet in circumference and 6 feet above ground. 
(Jamieson, “ Geol. Soc. Jour.,” xiv. p. 513.) 
Near the “ Bullers of Buchan,” there stands “ The Hare or 
Cleft Stone,” which marks the boundary between the parishes 
of Cruden and Peterhead. Granite 9x8 feet, 160 feet above 
sea. (Pratt’s “Buchan,” 1858, page 47, and James Mitchell, 
Boddam.) 
In this parish, and to north, numerous mounds and ridges 
of gravel, called at one place “Hills of Fife,” at another, 
“ Kippet Hills.” The generic name of these mounds and 
ridges in this part of Scotland, is Celtic word “Druim” or 
“ Drum.” They are composed sometimes of sand, more fre¬ 
quently of gravel. The gravel consists of fragments of rock, 
generally from westward. They are always well rounded, by 
the friction they have undergone. They sometimes reach a 
size of 2 feet in diameter. The pebbles are chiefly gneiss. 
On top of some of the knolls and ridges there are large 
boulders. There is one, near Menie, being a coarse crys¬ 
talline rock, with a greenish tint, 8x5 feet. Another 
boulder of greenstone lies near it. Very frequently a stratum 
of red clay lies over the gravel ridges, encircling the base of 
boulders, indicating that after the gravelly ridges had been 
formed, and the boulders deposited, muddy sediment had been 
deposited in deep water. (Jamieson, “ Geol. Soc. Journ.”) 
The following additional information sent by Mr James 
Mitchell, Boddam :— 
No. 1 boulder, in a ravine at Bulleis of Buchan, granite, 
14 x 8 x 5 feet. About 15 feet above sea. 
No. 2 boulder, on confines of Cruden and Peterhead. 
Granite, 18 x 12 x 5^ feet (above ground), 290 feet above sea. 
No. 3, half a mile to E. of No. 2, a granite boulder, 13 x 9 
x 5 feet, at a height of 260 feet above sea. 
Along the south side of Peterhead Bay, and as far as Buchan 
Ness, the shore is strewed with blocks of granite, gneiss, trap, 
and sandstone; many of them belonging to rocks not found 
nearer than 20 or 30 miles. 
