Memus is a small village in Angus, Scotland, north of Kirriemuir.[1] It is home to the Drovers Pub. A story is told of a kelpie at Shielhill Bridge, leaving its cloven hoofprint behind on a stone as a petrosomatoglyph.[2]
Memus | |
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Memus Church | |
Location within Angus | |
Population | est. |
OS grid reference | NO427589 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | FORFAR |
Postcode district | DD8 |
Dialling code | 01307 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Notes
edit- ^ Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (2007), "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), ISBN 978-0-319-22980-4
- ^ McHardy (1999) p 62
References
edit- Buist, J (1835), "Parish of Tannadice", New Statistical Account of Scotland: Forfar, Kincardine, retrieved 5 January 2010
- Jamieson, J (1793), "Parish of Tannadice", Statistical Account of Scotland, retrieved 5 January 2010
- McHardy, S (1999), Scotland: Myth, Legend & Folklore, Edinburgh: Luath Press
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