Banchory-Devenick

Banchory-Devenick (Scottish Gaelic: Beannchar Dòmhnaig[1]) is a village approximately two kilometres south of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire.[2] (The village should not be confused by the historic civil parish of the same name which generally is positioned across the River Dee to the north).[3] The village of Banchory-Devenick lies slightly west of the A90 road, and the ancient Causey Mounth passes directly through the village. An historic graveyard dating to 1157 AD is present at the village of Banchory-Devenick.[4] Other vicinity historic features include Saint Ternan's Church, Muchalls Castle and the Lairhillock Inn.

History

Banchory-Devenick is located along the Causey Mounth trackway, which road was constructed on high ground to make passable this only available medieval route from coastal points south from Stonehaven to Aberdeen. This ancient passage specifically connected the River Dee crossing (where the present Bridge of Dee is situated) via Portlethen Moss, Muchalls Castle and Stonehaven to the south.[5] The route was that taken by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and the Duke of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9000 men in the first battle of the English Civil War in 1639.[6]

See also

Line note references

  1. ^ http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/sbg/lorg.php?faclair=sbg&seorsa=Beurla&facal=banchory&eis_saor=on&tairg=Lorg
  2. ^ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Aberdeen, 1:50,000 scale, 2006
  3. ^ Alexander Smith, New History of Aberdeenshire (1875)
  4. ^ Banchory-Devenick Historic Graveyard
  5. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Causey Mounth, Megalithic Portal, ed. by A. Burnham, Nov 3, 2007
  6. ^ Watt, Archibald, Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire, Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)
Settlements and places of interest in Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire
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