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Above: Houses at Dykehead
NEW INSURANCE SCHEME FOR VILLAGE HALLS
Three rural community councils have launched a scheme offering insurance cover to village halls.
The Village Halls Plus Group - which consists of three rural community councils - will offer village halls across the UK a range of
packages, including cover for special events, loss of revenue and material damage.
The councils involved are:
Suffolk Acre, Community Lincs and Community First.
Cortachy
Cortachy is situated at the foot of Glen Clova and Glen Moy on the north side of the broad vale of Strathmore approximately 3.5 miles (6km) to the north of the town of Kirriemuir and some 7 (11km) miles to the north - west of the town of Forfar. The River South Esk is an integral part of the designed landscape to the north and east of the Castle. To the south, the Prosen water flows in an almost west/east direction to join the River South Esk at the most easterly point of the policies. The village of Cortachy lies to the north of the Castle beyond the B955.
Memus
Memus is situated at the foot of Glen Quiech, next to the White Burn. According to old maps there used to be two villages here. The village to the south of the White Burn was called Memus, the one to the north was called Burnside. This still does not explain why the two farms to the east of the village are called East & West Memus. The village is currently undergoing another period of expansion.
Dykehead
Dykehead lies at the foot of Glen clova and Glen Prosen, beside the river South Esk. There used to be a shop and a Post Office, but the only remaining business is the popular Royal Jubilee Arms Hotel.
Here the main road continues right into Glen Clova, but the left hand turning, into Glen Prosen, brings us to Burnside Cottage, a little house with big connections. Here Dr. Wilson, who accompanied Captain Robert Scott on his Antarctic expedition in 1912, wrote his definitive work on diseases of grouse. The cottage belonged to Wilsons London publisher, Reginald Smith. Scott himself visited, and so, reputedly, did J.M. Barrie, who was a friend of Scotts.
