Monymusk

Monymusk (Scottish Gaelic: Monadh Musga) is a planned village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

History[edit]

Malcolm Canmore first established a Celtic foundation on the site in 1078. The Culdees of Munimusc are recorded as inhabiting the site in 1170. Monymusk Priory, 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. Monymusk Parish Church today occupies the location.

The village was largely rebuilt again in 1840.^[1]^[2]

In modern times, Monymusk serves as a site for fishing on the nearby River Don.^[3]

The village was served by Monymusk railway station on the Alford Valley Railway from 1859 to 1950. The station was sited approximately half a mile south of the village.

People[edit]

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. Child actor and historian Jon Whiteley was born here in 1945.

Legacy[edit]

A 1776 strathspey was named after the estate, and a 1786 contra dance was named after the strathspey.^[4]^[5] The dance is still widely danced today.

Gallery[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Monymusk. Gazetteer for Scotland.
^ Monymusk History. Gazetteer for Scotland.
^ "Monymusk Fishing". Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
^ "Monymusk, Scottish Country Dance Instructions". www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ "Money Musk". www.contrafusion.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

External links[edit]

57°13′37″N 2°31′26″W / 57.2269°N 2.52385°W / 57.2269; -2.52385

[gaz-1] Monymusk. Gazetteer for Scotland.

[gaz2-2] Monymusk History. Gazetteer for Scotland.

[fish-3] "Monymusk Fishing". Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2007.

[dance_dictionary-4] "Monymusk, Scottish Country Dance Instructions". www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[contrafusion-5] "Money Musk". www.contrafusion.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

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v t e Settlements and places of interest in Marr, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins
Other settlements	Backburn Bellabeg Birse Birsemore Bogniebrae Brathens Brideswell Cairnie Corgarff Crathie Dinnet Finzean Forgue Gartly Inverey Keig Kennethmont Kildrummy Kincardine O'Neil Kirkton of Tough Logie Coldstone Lost Lumsden Monymusk Potarch Rhynie Ruthven Strachan Strathdon Tillyfourie Tornaveen Towie Tullich Whitehouse Ythanwells
Places of interest	Alford Valley Railway Badenyon Balmoral Castle Blelack Braemar Castle Burn O'Vat Cairn o' Mount Cairngorms National Park Castle Forbes Corgarff Castle Craigievar Castle Crathes Castle Crathie Kirk Forest of Birse Grampian Transport Museum Huntly Castle Kildrummy Castle Lochnagar Royal Deeside Royal Deeside Railway Yonder Bognie Ythan Wells (Glenmailen) Roman Camp

v t e Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City)
in Banff and Buchan	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills
in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield
in Formartine	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
in Garioch	Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill
in Kincardine and Mearns	Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Luthermuir Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven
in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins