Grey Granite recently looked at some old photographs of Philorth Halt when it functioned as a station. From these it has become clear that the iron gate in front of the wooden fence is actually part of the level crossing gate. This gate controlled the crossing of the Line and the access road to Philorth Estate, there is a narrow wooden pedestrian gate beneath the honeysuckle. The ivy clad pillars behind the fence supported the station name.
It was only yesterday that Grey Granite noticed that the skyline of Fraserburgh can be seen from Rathen station and for most of the way as one heads along the Line to the Broch. In the photograph above, Kinaird Head Lighthouse can just be made out on the right close to the tower of the Dalrymple Hall and spire of the South Church.
Red rose hips and sunny stubble fields towards Invernorth
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