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Corsedarder is the highest point on
the public road through Birse parish and the location of both the
parish's War Memorial and the ancient Dardanus Standing Stone.
In response to local concern
about the derelict condition of this prominent site, BCT has
taken over its management under a long term lease and carried
out extensive landscaping work. This has included re-defining
and re-surfacing the parking areas, removing accumulated rubbish,
re-building a dyke and planting 34 local origin native trees
to match the number of names on the War Memorial.
The Trust has also compiled a
Book of Remembrance about these 34 men, copies of which are on
view in Birse and Finzean Churches.
BCT also erected a new
standing stone on the site and organised
a special ceremony on the 1st
January 2000 to dedicate it as the
Birse Millennium Stone
"an enduring symbol of the community's gratitude for and remembrance
of the past and of its hopes and dreams for the future".
The event was attended by around
300 members of the local community and this remarkable turn out,
fine weather and the specially composed ceremony all contributed
to an extraordinarily positive and memorable occasion. |