Memus

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56°43′14″N 2°56′22″W / 56.7206°N 2.9394°W / 56.7206; -2.9394

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. ^ Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (2007), "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), ISBN 978-0-319-22980-4
  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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