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Remains of a church. A church has been on this site since at least the 12th century, when an existing church here was granted to the Priory of St Andrews by the Earl of Mar. The ruined church that survives today was built in 1762 and was closed when a new church opened in 1870. There is an extensive graveyard surrounding the church, which is roughly square-shaped. The west gable is crowned by a bellcote. The church remains are rectangular on plan, measuring around 20m by 5m. Large blocks of granite were used to construct the church, with better quality, tooled stones used on the south elevation. The graveyard is a large rectangular area of ground also containing the church standing on terraced, raised ground above the village's main square. Predominantly 19th century gravestones, some 18th century. The graveyard contains three Commonwealth war graves. A drinking fountain of pink granite with bronze, canted water trough to base is dated 1913. The church has similar scrolled skewputts to the Aberdeen Arms Hotel (NJ40SE0159) and nearby Tillychardoch House (NJ50NW0084), suggesting the work of the same masons.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)