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Remains of Forvie church, also known as Forvie Kirk, dedicated to St Adamnan. It probably dates from the late 12th Century, and has early associations with the Knights Templar. Intrusive burials suggest that it became ruined in the 15th Century. The floor of the chapel was excavated by a local doctor near the end of the 19th century. Under a stone slab was discovered a clay-built grave containing a human skull, and a piscina was found close by. The walls of this structure were found to be pierced by entrances in the north and south. In the vicinity of the church, the foundations of square huts, built of roughly-shaped stones and red clay, apparently of a medieval period, had been uncovered by workmen draining sheep pastures. This may be the site of the medieval hamlet of Forvie. The ground around the church is disturbed and indeterminate traces of walling can be seen, but no 'square huts' can now be identified. In the Middleton collection are a bronze pin, two spindle whorls and 14th Century pottery which he found in 1953 in a midden to the south of the church. This is now obscured by sand blow. The fabric of the church was restored to roof height in 1981. A watching brief was carried out in February 2003 during replacement of the bridge that crosses the Old Kirk Burn at Forvie Kirk, and upgrading of pathway either side of the bridge. A buried turf line was recorded on the east side of the bridge, but no other archaeological features or finds were observed. A watching brief was maintained by Murray Archaeology Ltd in June 2007 while two holes were dug for an information board being erected. Human bone was found in the base of two postholes indicating the presence of the medieval cemetery to the south and west of the church. The human remains were recorded but left in situ and the posts moved to a different area. A building survey of the church was carried out by Cameron Archaeology in August 2015.
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