MORMOND, a village, in the parish of Stuiciien,
county of Aberdeen, l^ mile (N. N. E.) from Strichen;
containing 681 inhabitants. This place takes its name
from the adjacent hill of Mormond, an eminence rising
to the height of 800 feet above the level of the sea,
which was used as one of the stations in the recent trigonometrical
survey of Scotland, and is supposed to be
the Roman post /ill Montem Grampium of Richard of
Cirencester. The building of the village, which is situated
on a tributary of the North Ugie, was commenced
in 1764, at the instance of Lord Strichen, the proprietor,
and at that time one of the judges of the co\irt of session.
The houses arc chiefly of native granite, and arc
disposed in regular streets j many of them have slated
roofs, and are of exceedingly neat and interesting appearance.
The population comprises masons, blacksmiths,
carpenters, tailors, and numerous shoemakers
and weavers. The turnpike-road from Peterhead to
Banff passes through the village, in which there are
several inns, and a neat town-house with a spire, built
in 1816, by order of Mrs. Fraser of Strichen, mother of
Lord Lovat.