# Burn of Elsick

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The '''Burn of Elsick''' is a [coast](/source/coast)al [stream](/source/burn_(stream)) in [Aberdeenshire](/source/Aberdeenshire), [Scotland](/source/Scotland) that discharges to the [North Sea](/source/North_Sea).<ref>United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004</ref>  This [watercourse](/source/watercourse) drains primarily [agricultural](/source/agricultural) lands and enters the North Sea at [Newtonhill](/source/Newtonhill).

==History==
The Burn of Elsick flows under the [Causey Mounth](/source/Causey_Mounth), an ancient [drovers road](/source/drovers_road) dating from circa 1100 [AD](/source/AD),<ref name="Hogan">[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17932 C.Michael Hogan, ''Causey Mounth'', Megalithic Portal, ed. by A Burnham, Nov 3, 2007]</ref> which track is extant as a hiking [footpath](/source/footpath_(trail)).  The Causey Mounth was built on high ground to make it  passable and was the only available [medieval](/source/medieval) route from [coast](/source/coast)al points south to [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen). The route connected the crossing of the [River Dee](/source/River_Dee%2C_Aberdeenshire) (where the present [Bridge of Dee](/source/Bridge_of_Dee) is located) via [Portlethen Moss](/source/Portlethen_Moss), [Muchalls Castle](/source/Muchalls_Castle) and [Stonehaven](/source/Stonehaven) to the south.<ref name="Hogan"/> The route was that taken by [William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal](/source/William_Keith%2C_7th_Earl_Marischal) and the [Marquess of Montrose](/source/Marquess_of_Montrose) when they led a [Covenanter](/source/Covenanter) army of 9000 men in [the first battle of the Civil War](/source/Battle_of_the_Brig_of_Dee) in 1639.<ref name="Hogan"/><ref>Archibald Watt, ''Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire'', Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)</ref>  Standing above the burn's course is an historic home, [Elsick House](/source/Elsick_House), owned by the [Duke of Fife](/source/Duke_of_Fife).  The historic Gillybrands [coaching inn](/source/coaching_inn) and present day farm is situated on the banks of the Burn of Elsick.

A salmon fisherman's [bothy](/source/bothy) stands perched above the cascading mouth of the burn.<ref>Brian H. Watt, ''Old Newtonhill and Muchalls'', Stenlake Publishing, Glasgow (2005)</ref>  In Victorian times the local area was a prolific source of [salmon](/source/salmon), but [overfishing](/source/overfishing) to serve the [expanding human population](/source/population_growth) has severely reduced the fishing stocks.

==See also==
*[Burn of Pheppie](/source/Burn_of_Pheppie)
*[Muchalls Castle](/source/Muchalls_Castle)
*[Saint Ternan's Church](/source/Saint_Ternan's_Church)

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Category:Environment of Kincardine and Deeside
Elsick

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