Human settlement in Scotland
Longformacus
Longformacus (
Scottish Gaelic : Longphort Mhacais ) is a small village in
Berwickshire in the
Scottish Borders area of
Scotland .
[1] It is around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of
Duns , in the
Lammermuir Hills . The
Dye Water runs through the village, flowing east towards its confluence with the
Whiteadder Water nearby.
In the vicinity are traces of an ancient fortification at Runklie or Wrinklaw
[2]
[3] and the
Mutiny Stones cairn.
[2]
[3]
The opera
Lucia di Lammermoor , written by
Gaetano Donizetti and based on
Sir Walter Scott 's
The Bride of Lammermoor , was set in the Lammermuirs and an old form of the village's name, Lockermachus, is mentioned in Scott's novel.
[4]
The
Southern Upland Way , a
Long Distance Route which crosses southern Scotland, passes through the village, and the
Sir Walter Scott Way from
Moffat to
Cockburnspath passes through Longformacus.
Etymology
Longformacus derives its name from the Gaelic Longphort Mhacais , meaning 'Macas's camp'.
[5] Derivation from Lann Fothir Maccus , meaning 'church on the land of Maccus' has also been suggested.
[6]
History
The Mansion House of Longformacus
[7]
Longformacus Church
[8]
The church of Longformacus was dedicated by Bishop
David de Bernham , 11 March 1243. In 1667 the choir was in ruins, the church itself being "very ruinous." It was rebuilt on the old foundations in 1730, and a thorough renovation was made, in 1895. Our Lady's Well is on the
Dye Water , about a quarter of a mile east of the village. The parish was long united to
Mordington , but was disjoined in 1666. Longformacus and Ellem were united in 1712; and Ellem church was disused.
[9]
[10] There was some copper ore in the area which a former minister smelted but large scale production was not successful.
[11]
[12]
People from Longformacus
See also
Places nearby include
Cranshaws ,
Abbey St Bathans ,
Bonkle ,
Preston, Scottish Borders , the
Whiteadder Water , and
Duns .
[15]
References
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"OS 25 inch Map 1841-1952" . zoomable map with Bing transparency overlay . National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 10 October 2017 .
^
a
b Groome, Francis H.
"Longformacus" . Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland . Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
^
a
b
First Report and Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of Berwick (PDF) . HMSO. 1909. p. 43.
^ Scott, Walter, Sir (1800).
The heart of Midlothian; The bride of Lammermoor . Boston: Dana Estes & company. p.
380 . Retrieved 31 December 2019 . {{
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link )
^
"Scottish Parliament - Placenames K-O" (PDF) .
^
"Place-names of Scotland" . 1892.
^ Riddell, Henry (1834).
The new statistical account of Scotland . Vol. 2. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. pp.
93 -98. Retrieved 30 December 2019 .
^ Robson, James (1896).
The churches and churchyards of Berwickshire . Kelso: Rutherford. pp.
171 -174. Retrieved 30 December 2019 .
^ Scott, Hew (1917).
Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation . Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p.
24 . Retrieved 15 April 2019 . This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain .
^ Rutherfurd, J. and J. H. (1866).
The southern counties' register and directory; containing much useful and interesting information, and very complete lists connected with the counties of Roxburgh, Berwick, and Selkirk . Kelso: J. and J.H.Ruthderfurd, etc. pp. 662–666. Retrieved 31 December 2019 .
^ Ord, Selby (1791).
The statistical account of Scotland . Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Printed and sold by William Creech. pp.
69 -71. Retrieved 31 December 2019 .
^ Francis Hindes, Groome (1895).
Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . Vol. 4. London: W. Mackenzie. p.
555 . Retrieved 31 December 2019 .
^ C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006).
"Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J)" (PDF) .
Royal Society of Edinburgh .
ISBN
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the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015 .
^ Baird, William (1898).
Annals of Duddingston and Portobello . Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot. pp.
329 -332. Retrieved 31 December 2019 .
^ Slater, Isaac (1886).
Slater's (later Pigot and Co's) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland . Manchester: Isaac Slater. pp.
331 -332. Retrieved 31 December 2019 .
^
"Longformacus" .
CANMORE .
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland . Retrieved 11 May 2010 .
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