Location
Memorial on the south side of the village at the side of the main road
Kemnay, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 730 158
Date
1936
Description
In memory of James Mitchell (1773-1857), carrier, and to provide water for carters' horses, a late symphony in local granites, comprising a well and urn of pink granite with a square grey (Kemnay) granite arched superstructure bearing a sensitive pedestrian statue of Mitchell with roped pack, all in a railed hemicycle granite-walled enclosure with gate piers.
The inscription reads: "IN MEMORY OF JAMES MITCHELL, CARRIER 1773-1857, ALL YE WHO THIRST, COME DRINK FROM THIS FLOW OF PURE WATER WHICH SPRINGS AT DALFLING IN THE SHADOW OF BENNACHIE"
Related Information
Listed building HB Number 9211. It is unusual to have such a grand monument to a member of the humble profession of carriers. If any residents of Kemnay or others have more information on the man James Mitchell or on why the monument was dedicated to him do let us know.
Era
1900s
Information Source
Aberdeenshire Sites and Monuments Record www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology/smr/ and http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/
Categories
Iconography
- human figure
- vase or urn
Photographer
- Stanley Bruce
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