Fyvie

Pictish stones set into the wall of Fyvie Kirk

Fyvie is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Geography

Fyvie lies alongside the River Ythan and is on the A947 road.

Fyvie Castle

Fyvie Castle is reputed to have been built by King William the Lyon in the early thirteenth century. It was the site of an open-air court held by King Robert the Bruce and home to the future King Charles I as a child.

Education

The village's school, with around 125 pupils, serves the surrounding rural area.

Church

St Peter's Church was built in the early nineteenth century on the site of a medieval church. Built into the east gable are three Class I Pictish symbol stones and a Class III Pictish cross.

The church displays some Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows.^{[citation needed]}

Folk tradition

A folk song The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie tells of a captain of dragoons who dies for the love of a Fyvie girl. Another folk song, Andrew Lammie, tells of the doomed love of a local miller's daughter, Annie, for Lord Fyvie's trumpeter. This may be a historical story; the young woman's grave is said to be in Fyvie churchyard.

One of the prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer relates to Fyvie, predicting it will never flourish until a particular three stones are found (a prophecy obviously predating the church with its three Pictish runestones).

Etymology

It is thought that the name Fyvie is derived from Fia-chein 'Deer hill'.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Fyvie School
• Fyvie School Parent Forum
• Fyvie Cub Scouts Web Page
• Fyvie Folk Club Folk Club
• Mill o' Tifty's Annie