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Kirriemuir has a history of witchcraft accusations dating back to the 16th century. A pond on the outskirts, known as the Witch Pool, was a millpond for the 19th-century Meikle Mill. Local amateur historians tend to think this referred to a "mickle" (small) [ 10 ] mill, but the reference is to one of James or his son Andrew Meikle's mills ...
The grave of Sir Hugh Munro, Lindertis, Kirriemuir. Plaque to Sir Hugh Munro in Kirriemuir. Munro was born on 16 October 1856 in London, but was brought up in Scotland on the family estate of Lindertis near Kirriemuir in Angus. [3] He was an avid hillwalker, and was a founder member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889. [3]
Cortachy Castle, about three miles north of Kirriemuir, Angus, is a courtyard castle that dates from the fifteenth century. [13] It came to the Ogilvies in 1473. [13] Charles II of England spent a night at the castle in 1650 in what is now known as the 'King's Room'. [13] The following year it was sacked by Oliver Cromwell. [13]
Kirriemuir 2 rear. Photograph by Kyle Munro. The Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones are a series of Class II and III Pictish stones found in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. Their existence points to Kirriemuir being an important ecclesiastical centre in the late first millennium AD.
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Kirriemuir Town House is a municipal structure in the High Street in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. The structure, which was used as a museum from 2001 to 2023, is a Category B listed building . [ 1 ]
It lies around 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) north-east of Kirriemuir near the River South Esk. The lands of Inverquharity came to the Ogilvie family around 1420. The castle was first constructed as a rectangular tower in the 1440s, by Alexander Ogilvie, 2nd Lord Inverquharity. In the 16th century a wing was added to form a four-storey L-plan castle.
He was born on 26 April 1898 at 36 South Street in Kirriemuir, the son of William Kermack, a postman, and his wife, Helen Eassie Ogilvy. [2] His mother was placed in an asylum soon after his birth and died when he was six and he was raised by his father's sister Margaret Osler Kermack, wife of David Marnie, a blacksmith.