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Crimonmogate, a mansion in Lonmay parish, Aberdeenshire, 1¾ mile W of Lonmay station. Grecian in style, with a hexastyle granite portico, it was built towards the middle of the present century at a cost of £10,000; in its finely-planted grounds is a granite obelisk to the memory of Patrick Milne, who bequeathed the estate to the Bannerinans. The present owner, Sir George Bannerman of Elsick, tenth Bart. since 1682 (b. 1829; suc- 1877), holds 7660 acres in the shire, valued at £7745 per annum.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Lonmay ScoP Aberdeenshire ScoCnty |
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