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Monymusk
Monymusk ( gd, Monadh Musga) is a planned village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. History Malcolm Canmore first established 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.Monymusk . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monymusk Reliquary
The Monymusk Reliquary is an eighth century Scottish house-shape reliquaryMoss (2014), p. 286 made of wood and metal characterised by an Insular fusion of Gaelic and Pictish design and Anglo-Saxon metalworking, probably by Ionan monks. It is now in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. It is an early example of the house-shaped shrine that became popular across Europe later in the Middle Ages, perhaps influenced by Insular styles. The Monymusk Reliquary is now empty. Its dimensions are W 112mm x D 51mm x H 89mm. Past scholars suggested that Monymusk Reliquary was the Brecbennach of St. Columba ( modern Gaelic ''Breac Bannoch'' or "embossed peaked-thing"), a sacred battle ensign of the Scottish army, used for saintly assistance, and mentioned in various charters associated with Arbroath Abbey. However, this identification of the Monymusk Reliquary with the ''Brecbennach'' is unlikely, and the Monymusk Reliquary is therefore not the object mentioned in historical r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monymusk Priory
Monymusk Priory was a house of Augustinian canons based at Monymusk in Mar, Aberdeenshire. It began as a Culdee foundation but later became Augustinian. History The first missionaries to arrive in Monymusk were Culdees, possibly from Whithorn. A 9th century Pictish stone was found in a nearby field and is displayed at the Church of the Blessed Mary in Monymusk. The Culdees received a land grant at Monymusk in 1130, probably to an already established religious community. They had the right to a dormitory, a refectory and an oratory with burial right in the parish cemetery, A Romanesque church was completed early in the second half of the 12th Century. Gille Críst, Mormaer of Mar constructed a monastery there in the last decade of the 12th century. The church likely served as both a parish church for local inhabitants and the conventual church for the canons who utilized the unusually long chancel. By 1245, the transformation of the community into an Augustinian priory was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monymusk Parish Church
Monymusk Parish Church (also known as the Church of the Blessed Mary) is located in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is of Church of Scotland denomination. Now Category A listed, a structure on the site has existed since at least the late 12th or early 13th century, but it was a site of worship even before that.MONYMUSK PARISH CHURCH (AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY CHURCH OF THE BLESSED MARY OF MONYMUSK) – Originally , today's structure has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monymusk (dance)
"Money Musk" (), alternatively "Monymusk" or other variations, is a contra dance first published in 1786. It was named after a 1776 strathspey by Daniel Dow which is played to accompany it, which itself was named after the House of Monymusk baronial estate. The dance features a central theme of reoriented lines, and is regarded as moderately difficult. It is still widely danced today, and is considered a traditional "chestnut". Dance The dance is done in triple minor, proper formation (the figures are done within subsets of three couples, with all gents beginning on the right and all ladies beginning on the left). In its most common modern form, it consists of three parts, which are repeated a number of times. In the A part, the active couple (the couple closest to the band) does a right-hand allemande once and a half around. They then go down the outside of the set one place and rejoin, taking hands in lines of three. The lines go forward and back. In the B part, the active ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Monymusk
The House of Monymusk is located on the outskirts of the Scottish village of Monymusk, in the Marr region of Aberdeenshire. The house is located near the River Don, which is known for its spectacular trout-fishing. The village, which history dates back to 1170, was bought by the Forbses in the 1560s, who later built the House of Monymusk. The Forbses claim they built the present House of Monymusk from the blackened stones of the old Priory A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of .... References Category A listed buildings in Aberdeenshire Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes {{Scotland-structure-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alford Valley Railway (GNoSR)
The Alford Valley Railway was a railway company that built a branch line in Scotland, connecting Alford and Kintore on the main line of the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR), giving access to Aberdeen. The line was opened in 1859. It struggled financially from the outset, and it was only support from the GNoSR that enabled it to continue. The GNoSR absorbed it in 1866. Passenger carryings were never busy, but granite from quarries near the line was a dominant traffic; in the twentieth century timber was also an important business. In the 1930s passenger and general goods traffic was heavily abstracted by road competition, and the line was closed to passengers in 1949, and completely in 1965. History Early proposals Alford was a small market town and regional centre in the valley of the River Don, Aberdeenshire. As the railway network developed in the north of Scotland, there were a number of proposals to connect the town. On 26 June 1846 the Great North of Scotland Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monymusk Railway Station
Monymusk railway station was a station on the Alford Valley Railway in Monymusk Monymusk ( gd, Monadh Musga) is a planned village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. History Malcolm Canmore first established Celtic foundation on the site in 1078 The Culdees of Munimusc are recorded as inhabiting the site in 117 ..., Aberdeenshire.British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38 which closed in 1950. References Notes Sources * * Disused railway stations in Aberdeenshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1950 Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations 1859 establishments in Scotland 1950 disestablishments in Scotland {{Aberdeenshire-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Whiteley
Jon James Lamont Whiteley (19 February 1945 – 16 May 2020) was a Scottish child film actor and in adult life a distinguished art historian. Life and career The Monymusk-born Whiteley appeared in five films during his brief acting career, and it was for the second of these, '' The Kidnappers'' (US: ''The Little Kidnappers'', 1953), that he, along with co-star Vincent Winter, was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award. He appeared in only three more films, including '' The Spanish Gardener'' (1956), before his film acting career was effectively put on hold when his mother insisted on him passing the Eleven plus exam. After appearing twice more for TV credits, his acting career ended. Whiteley was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, whereafter he became a respected art historian at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He wrote his doctorate on the revival in painting of themes inspired by antiquity in mid-nineteenth-century France. He catalogued all the French Drawings in the Ashmol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Gordon
Dame Maria Matilda Gordon (née Ogilvie; 30 April 1864 – 24 June 1939), sometimes known as May Ogilvie Gordon or May Gordon, was an eminent Scottish geologist, palaeontologist, and politician. She was the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Science from University of London and the first woman to be awarded a PhD from the University of Munich.Wachtler, M. and Burek, C.V. 2007Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon (1864–1939): a Scottish researcher in the Alps Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 281(1), pp.305-317. She was also a supporter and campaigner for the rights and equality of children and women. Early life and education Ogilvie was born in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire in April 1864, making her the eldest daughter of eight children (five brothers and two sisters, one of who passed away in infanthood). With her parents being Maria Matilda Nichol and Reverend Alexander Ogilvie LL.D.. Her family was overall very well educated and had good connections and friends in va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Robertson (painter)
Archibald Robertson (May 8, 1765 – December 6, 1835) was a Scottish born painter who operated the Columbian Academy of Painting in New York with his brother Alexander. Known for his miniature portrait paintings, he was asked to paint George and Martha Washington soon after coming to the United States from Scotland. He also made watercolor landscape paintings and engravings. His book ''Elements of the Graphic Arts'' was published in 1802. Early life Robertson was born in Monymusk, near AberdeenAlexander Robertson biography. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 21, 2014.Kevin J. Avery; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (1 January 2002) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includes all of the area of the Counties of Scotland, historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire (except the area making up the City of Aberdeen), as well as part of Banffshire. The county boundaries are officially used for a few purposes, namely land registration and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy. Aberdeenshire Council is headquartered at Woodhill House, in Aberdeen, making it the only Scottish council whose headquarters are located outside its jurisdiction. Aberdeen itself forms a different council area (Aberdeen City). Aberdeenshire borders onto Angus, Scotland, Angus and Perth and Kinross to the south, Highland (council area), Highland and Moray to the west and Aber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Robertson (artist)
Alexander Robertson (1772–1841) was a Scottish-American artist. In the 1790s he founded the Columbian Academy of Painting in New York with his brother Archibald Robertson. Early life Robertson was born in Monymusk, near Aberdeen,William Dunlap (1834)''History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States.''George P. Scott and Company, Printers. pp. 425–426. Scotland in 1772.Alexander Robertson (1772-1841). Art & Architecture of New Jersey. Retrieved August 21, 2014.William Beekman, by Alexander Robertson. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 21, 2014. His father, William Robertson, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
