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Old Photograph Cookney Parish Church
Old photograph of the parish church in Cookney, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish church is perched on a prominent hill, and is visible for considerable distance. The present structure was erected in 1885, although the original Cookney Church was founded on this site in the year 1816. The kirk is within view of the ancient track way of the Causey Mounth which was constructed in medieval times to make passable the only available route across the coastal region of the Grampian Mounth from points south from Stonehaven to Aberdeen. This ancient cattle drovers road specifically connected the River Dee crossing, where the present Bridge of Dee is situated, via Muchalls Castle and Stonehaven to the south. The route was that taken by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9000 men in the first battle of the Civil War in 1639.
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