Monymusk

Monymusk Village, laid out 1716, Sir Archibald Grant. Although Monymusk is the classic estate village, it was more organically grown than it seems at first sight. When first laid out with a long, rectangular central space, this green was

used as a cattle pound by Banffshire drovers and the houses were of clay-bonded stone and heather-thatched. They were rebuilt largely in the 1860s and gradually Tudorised, 1889-1902, by Sir Arthur Grant.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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Monymusk was erected a burgh of barony (Forbes of Monymusk) 20 January 1588/9, and erected a burgh of regality, 23 October 1612.

G S Pryde 1965

Visible on air photographs AAS/93/14/G28/7-8. Copies held by Grampian Regional Council.

Information from M Greig, Grampian Regional Council, March 1994.

This planned village evolved during the age of improvement, the village square being laid out on the axis of the church by Sir Archibald Grant in 1816. The centre of the square formed a cattle pound for drovers and the original houses were of clay-bonded stone thatched woth heather. The village was almost entirely rebuilt in the 19th century and gradually tudorised by Sir Arthur Grant between 1889 and 1902.

Air photographs: AAS/93/14/G27/23-30, flown 27 October 1993.

(Newspaper references cited).

NMRS, MS/712/56.