Memus

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Memus
Memus Church.jpg
Memus Church
Memus is located in Angus
Memus
Memus
Location within Angus
Populationest.
OS grid referenceNO427589
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFORFAR
Postcode districtDD8
Dialling code01307
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°43′14″N 2°56′22″W / 56.7206°N 2.9394°W / 56.7206; -2.9394Coordinates: 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 . 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
  • McHardy, S (1999), Scotland: Myth, Legend & Folklore, Edinburgh: Luath Press


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