Lumsden
Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lumsden
Classification Village (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 112533
Site Number NJ42SE 31
NGR NJ 4735 2174
NGR Description From NJ 4735 2174 to NJ 4745 2236
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112533
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Auchindoir And Kearn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
AUCHINDOIR AND KEARN. An area of deeply incised burns and steep hill slopes. The village of Lumsden was founded,
c.1825, by Mr Leith Lumsden of Clova, a new town on 'barren moor'. Like Rhynie nearby, it is graced by a village green. The plain Free Church, 1843, became parish kirk; also UP Church, 1803. War Memorial.
Southern entrance to village is dominated by a giant steel-plate bacon slicer at roadside and a jolly Witches' Hunt and Sculpture Walk, all the products of the dynamic Scottish Sculpture Workshop, now well established in the village.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ42SE 31 from 4735 2174 to 4745 2236
