James Mitchell Memorial fountain, Kemnay

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James Mitchell Memorial fountain, Kemnay

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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