Rhynie has lots of History !

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Pictish Carved Stones . . . . .

Rhynie has more of them per acre than anywhere else

(Aberlemno in Angus is a close second-best)

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There were a lot of 'educational' societies formed in scottish towns in the 19th century.

Rhynie Mutual Instruction Society was one of the first, in the 1840s

Click here to read a report from the Aberdeen Journal (ancestor of the Press & Journal)

Click here to read the text of the book "placenames of Strathbogie", written in the 1800s (plain text version)

Click here to read the text of the book "placenames of Strathbogie", (Adobe Acrobat .PDF version)

Click the image to see a map of Rhynie in 1750

Mackay of Uganda (and of Rhynie)

Click on the picture to read about his life . . .

Drawing of Rhynie about 1850

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