- Elsick House
Elsick House is an
historic house inKincardineshire , (now part ofAberdeenshire ), northeastScotland . The house is situated in anagricultural area about two miles from theNorth Sea near the town ofCammachmore ; moreover, the Elsick Estate is situated within theBurn of Elsick watershed, whichstream traverses the estate property. The house sits inside the Elsick Estate (1600 acres), [ Wightman, A., "Who Owns Scotland", Edinburgh, 1996, p.86, ISBN 0-86241-585-3] which is a seat of theDuke of Fife , [ Wightman, A., 1996, p.86] [ cite web |url=http://www.whoownsscotland.org.uk/page_cache/kn/elsick.htm |title=Kincardineshire property ownerships: Elsick Estate |publisher=Who Owns Scotland? |accessdate=2007-07-06] .Early area history
Elsick House is located near the ancient
Causey Mounth trackway , which road was constructed inmedieval times to make passable this only available route across thecoast al region of the GrampianMounth connecting points south ofStonehaven toAberdeen . This ancientdrovers' road specifically connected theRiver Dee crossing (where the presentBridge of Dee is situated) viaPortlethen Moss ,Muchalls Castle andStonehaven to the south. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17932 C.Michael Hogan, "Causey Mounth", Megalithic Portal, ed. by Andy Burnham, November 3, 2007] ] The route was that taken byWilliam Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and theMarquess of Montrose when they led aCovenanter army of 9000 men in the first battle of the Civil War in 1639. [Watt, Archibald, "Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire", Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)]ee also
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Cookney Church
*Gillybrands
*Bannerman of Elsick BaronetsReferences
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