Monymusk

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Monymusk
Scottish Gaelic Mòine Muiseig
Monymusk village square
Monymusk village square
Coordinates 57 ° 14 ′  N , 2 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 57 ° 14 ′  N , 2 ° 32 ′  W
Monymusk (Scotland)
Monymusk
Monymusk
administration
Post town INVERURIE
ZIP code section AB51
prefix 01467
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Aberdeenshire
British Parliament West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish Parliament Aberdeenshire West

Monymusk ( Scottish Gaelic Mòine Muiseig ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Aberdeenshire . It is located about eleven kilometers southwest of Kintore and 25 kilometers northwest of Aberdeen on the right bank of the Don . The Cairn Williams rises to the northwest .

history

Two prehistoric stone circles , Whitehill and Derr Park as well as a standing stone attest to the early settlement of the area.

Monymusk is an early Christian site in Scotland. The oldest artifacts found on site and on display in Monymusk Parish Church date back to the 6th century. Later the Culdeer used the location. The donation of the property to the order by King Malcolm III is from 1078 . occupied. The order probably began building the complex in the early 12th century. The oldest fragments of today's parish church are believed to date from the later 12th century. The Culdeer Priory was attached to the Augustinian order in 1197 as a canonical regulation .

The manor House of Monymusk goes back to an escape tower of the Augustinian monks. In 1584 a tower house was built there , which the Clan Grant had gradually expanded into today's mansion. Archibald Grant, 2nd Baronet , had Monymusk completely restructured as a planned settlement in the course of the 18th century. Again in 1840 the village was largely rebuilt.

Between 1831 and 1881 the population was almost constant between 988 and 1155. In the 1961 census survey, 133 people were counted in Monymusk. Then within ten years the population rose to 167.

traffic

Monymusk is on a lower street. At Sauchen , the A944 ( Aberdeen - Corgarff ) can be reached within a few kilometers. In Kintore is following the from Aberdeen to Inverness leading A96 .

Over the Alford Valley Railway , a branch line of the Great North of Scotland Railway leading to Alford , Monymusk was connected to the British railway network in the course of the 19th century. The line has since been abandoned and dismantled.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Information from the parish
  7. ↑ Entry on Monymusk Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  8. ↑ Entry on House of Monymusk  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  9. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  10. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  11. ↑ Information on the Alford Valley Railway

Web links

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