Banchory-Devenick

Banchory-Devenick

Banchory-Devenick is a village approximately two kilometres south of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire. [United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Aberdeen, 1:50,000 scale, 2006] (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). [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=4C0vAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA245&lpg=PA245&dq=glenmailen&source=web&ots=LzcDQ-vrHs&sig=t4mMqiYqjDMrhp4FD1b2FrcRsvk#PPA253,M1 Alexander Smith, "New History of Aberdeenshire" (1875)] ] 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. [ [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nescotland/graveyards/grbd.htm Banchory-Devenick Historic Graveyard] ] 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. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17932 C.Michael Hogan, "Causey Mounth", Megalithic Portal, ed. by A. Burnham, Nov 3, 2007] ] 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. [Watt, Archibald, "Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire", Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)]

ee also

*Burn of Elsick
*Portlethen Moss

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