# Cammachmore

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{{Short description|Hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland}}
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'''Cammachmore''' ([Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic_language): ''An Camach Mòr'') is a [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(place)) in the [coast](/source/coast)al region near the [North Sea](/source/North_Sea) in [Aberdeenshire](/source/Aberdeenshire), Scotland.<ref>United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004</ref>  It lies slightly west of the [A92 road](/source/A92_road) and the ancient [Causey Mounth](/source/Causey_Mounth) passes through the community.  Historic [Elsick House](/source/Elsick_House) is situated due west of Cammachmore.  Other nearby [historic](/source/historic) features include Gillybrands, [Saint Ternan's Church](/source/Saint_Ternan's_Church), [Muchalls Castle](/source/Muchalls_Castle) and the Lairhillock Inn.

==History==
Cammachmore is situated along the ancient [Causey Mounth](/source/Causey_Mounth) [trackway](/source/trackway), which was constructed on high ground to make this [medieval](/source/medieval) route the only available, passable route from the [coast](/source/coast)al points south from [Stonehaven](/source/Stonehaven) to [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen). This ancient passage specifically connected the [River Dee](/source/River_Dee%2C_Aberdeenshire) crossing (where the present [Bridge of Dee](/source/Bridge_of_Dee) is situated) via [Portlethen Moss](/source/Portlethen_Moss), [Muchalls Castle](/source/Muchalls_Castle) and [Stonehaven](/source/Stonehaven) to the south.<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17932 C.Michael Hogan, ''Causey Mounth'', Megalithic Portal, ed. by A. Burnham, 3 November 2007]</ref> 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](/source/army) of 9000 men in the [battle](/source/battle) of the [Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War) in 1639.<ref>Archibald Watt, ''Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire'', Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)</ref>

From the industrial era of the 19th century there are some relics of old manufacturing equipment such as a circular-section brick chimney on a square stone base, serving a small single-storey engine and boiler house at an old [smithy](/source/Forge) in Cammachmore.<ref>John R. Hume, ''The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland'', 1977, Maclean-Hunter Press</ref>

==See also==
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*[Burn of Elsick](/source/Burn_of_Elsick)
*[Newtonhill](/source/Newtonhill)
*[Old Bourtreebush](/source/Old_Bourtreebush)
*[Portlethen Moss](/source/Portlethen_Moss)

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