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Banchory History

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The recorded history starts in the 5th century when St Ternan founded a monastery on the banks of' the Dee near Banchory Lodge, a native of the district he was a pupil of St Ninian
and went to Rome. Where he studied under Pope Gregory lire the Great His miraculous hand bell 'Ronnecht' is closely associated with Banchory lore and the delicately carved wheel-cross built into the
present manse wall dates from this early
Christian period. The discovery of pygmy flints from the Palaeolithic period suggests a much earlier settlement.
Banchory’s picturesque gorge spanned by the footbridge over the river feugh from which visitors can watch salmon leaping the
rapids a memorial tablet in Banchory High Street commemorates Scott Skinner (1843 to 1927) a native of the town who became known as the 'Strathspey King' for his Scottish fiddle music.

Banchory is the gateway to the valley of the feugh celebrated in the landscapes of Joseph f Farquharson R.A a former laird of Finzean

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