Memus

Memus

Memus Church
Memus
Memus shown 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 Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

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]

Notes

  1. "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
  2. McHardy (1999) p 62

References

  • 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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