Melgund Castle - Geograph
Melgund may refer to: *Melgund Castle, in Angus, Scotland * Melgund, Kenora District, Ontario, a local service board and geographic township in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada *Melgund, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a flag stop In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, st ...

Melgund Castle
Melgund Castle, lying around due east of Aberlemno in Angus, Scotland, is a 16th-century L-plan castle which has been partially restored as a private residence. It was designated as a scheduled monument in 1971. History The land was initially held by the Cramonds, but by 1525 was in the hands of Patrick Annand, whose daughter Janet passed it to her husband James Bethune, son of John Bethune, 6th of Balfour, and elder brother of Cardinal David Bethune. James had no children with Janet and, when he died in 1542, the estate was sold to David, who made it one of the many homes for his mistress Marion Ogilvy and their growing family. He started improving the castle. In 1543 he bought timber for the building works from William Mayne, a merchant in St Andrews, and had it shipped to Arbroath. After his assassination in 1546, Melgund passed to his eldest son, David Bethune, who may have made further improvements. It much later passed by marriage to the Earls of Minto, who were gra ...
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Melgund, Kenora District, Ontario
Melgund is a geographic township and local services board in the Unorganized Part of Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It has two unincorporated communities, Dyment and Borups Corners, and is counted as part of Kenora, Unorganized, Northern Ontario in Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ... census data. Ontario Highway 603 travels for its entire length between Dyment and Borups Corners. References Other map sources: * * Geographic townships in Ontario Communities in Kenora District Local services boards in Ontario {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub ...
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