Monymusk

The House of Monymusk

Monymusk is a parish and planned village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire.

History

Malcolm Canmore first established a Celtic foundation on the site in 1078. The Culdees of Munimusc are recorded as inhabiting the site in 1170. An Augustinian priory was built by Gilchrist, Earl of Mar, around 1200. The estate passed from the Forbes family to the Grant family in 1712, and Sir Archibald Grant established a planned village for estate workers. The village was largely rebuilt again in 1840.

In modern times, Monymusk serves as a site for fishing on the nearby River Don.

People

The eminent geologist and palaeontologist Dame Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon was born in the village in 1864. The painters Archibald and Alexander Robertson were also natives of the village.

Gallery

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  Monymusk Parish Church
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  Monymusk Village Square
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  Monymusk Post Office
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  Houses in Monymusk Village Square
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  Monymusk Parish Church
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  Bennachie from near Monymusk
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  Bennachie from the grounds of the House of Monymusk

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Monymusk)

• Location map: 57°13’37"N, 2°31’26"W
• Monymusk community website
• Monymusk Hall

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