Aberdeen enclosure, Methlick
A low walled enclosure with a very ornate 'Celtic revival' cross shaped tombstone.
The inscription reads:
To the memory of
George John James Fifth Earl of Aberdeen
Born at Stanmore Priory September 1816
M.P. for the County of Aberdeen
Died at Haddo House March 22nd 1864 at the age of 47
also of his wife
Mary Baillie Countess of Aberdeen
Daughter of George Baillie of Jerviswoode
and sister of George 10th Earl of Haddington
Born August 4th 1814 and died at Kennet House Alloa
April 3rd 1900 at the age of 85
Their Works Follow Them
Beaton gravestone Methlick
A huge granite Celtic cross memorial that dwarfs the more ornate Aberdeen memorial in the same graveyard.
The inscription reads:
Erected in memory of James Beaton, Farmer Middlethird Methlick,
who died on the 7th Nov. 1908
aged 73 years,
and (on the second step of the stepped base)
also his brother Thomas Beaton, who died at Ythan Villa Methlick
on 25th March 1920 aged 82 years
Maitland Grave Methlick
A fine example of an 18th century tombstone. Decorated with a cherubic angel's head in front of clouds from behind which emanate solar rays. The beautifully executed inscription commemorates Patrick Maitland late in little Ardoch, Jean Robertson his spouse several of their children and Charles Maitland
Methlick war memorial
A very large granite ashlar cenotaph, standing on a circular mound surrounded by a low wall topped with iron railings
Ythan View Sign Methlick
A fairly conventional sign (with a nod to a more English idiom), somewhat weathered, shows the silhouette of a fly fisherman fishing in the River Ythan, with a view of the nearby bridge.
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