Maryburgh Introduction

Attribution: S. Fraser (Maryburgh Primary School March 2015)

An Introduction

The founding of the village of Maryburgh is of comparatively recent origin. It dates from 1815 when Mary Elizabeth MacKenzie returned to Brahan Estate on the death of her father.

Since those early beginnings a thriving community has developed.

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The stone Ukranian Emblem dated 1949
The remains of the water tower.
Beaufort Castle
Heinrich Mainus
POW Brahan/Beauly ID card
POW Brahan postcard
All but three huts have been pulled down.
The site was used as a storage area for farm machinery
All but three huts have been pulled down.
All but three huts have been pulled down.
The Camp as it was in 1998
The camp as it was in 1998
THE CAMP AS IT WAS IN 2000
THE CAMP AS IT WAS IN 2000
THE CAMP AS IT WAS IN 2000
The official line dried up before it got started so I decided to go with the local history available.
Celebration of 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Original entrance roadway
Hut foundations are clearly visible.
Macrae's Garage, Dingwall
One of the remaining huts with stove.
In 1998 the one remaining hut was still being used by the local Venture Scout Group.
Prisoner of War Camp, Brahan
Map showing location of the camp
Artist: Unknown POW, Brahan. (The painting was salvaged fom the wall of a camp building.)
Dingwall Thistle Football Club
Plan of POW Camp
Photocopy of a postcard sent home to Germany in 1947 by a POW at Brahan
P.O.W. Herbert / Peter Wilson / James Wilson (estate factor ) / Jimmy Wilson / P.O.W. Peter
Prisoner of War - now living locally
Prisoners of War
Letter from daughter of a German POW
The ablutions.
The ablutions.
The remaining ablutions hut.
The stone Ukranian Emblem dated 1949
The stone Ukranian Emblem dated 1949
The remains of the water tower.
Beaufort Castle
Heinrich Mainus
POW Brahan/Beauly ID card
POW Brahan postcard
All but three huts have been pulled down.
The site was used as a storage area for farm machinery
All but three huts have been pulled down.
All but three huts have been pulled down.
The Camp as it was in 1998
The camp as it was in 1998
 
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