Aberdeenshire HER - NO79NW0031 - BANCHORY-TERNAN OLD CHURCH AND GRAVEYARD

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Primary Reference	NO79NW0031
Name	BANCHORY-TERNAN OLD CHURCH AND GRAVEYARD
NRHE Card No.	NO79NW21
NRHE Numlink	36675
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	21858
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Site of church / chapel, with surviving graveyard and mausoleum. There are no visible remains of the 'Cross-church' which is said to have within the site. The 1st edition OS map shows the graveyard with the a site of a chapel annotated, which itself may have replaced an earlier chapel. A burial-aisle erected in 1775 for the Douglasses of Tilquhillie (or Tilquilly) stands in the middle of the graveyard and incorporates an Early Medieval cross slab in re-use as a lintel at the southeast angle. The slab has the inscribed outline of two crosses set above each other. The upper is a Latin cross with rounded armpits and splayed shaft, and the lower is a smaller cross also with rounded armpits. North of the burial aisle is a circular watch-house (NO79NW0016).
Last Update	16/02/2024
Updated By	cpalmer

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National Grid Reference: NO 7070 9573

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CHURCHES		SITE OF	A	100
CROSS-SLABS			B	100
CROSSES	LATIN		C	100
SHAFTS		SPLAYED	D	100
AISLES	BURIAL		E	100
QUOINS			F	100
GRAVEYARDS		SITE OF	G	100
CHAPELS		SITE OF	I	100
MAUSOLEUMS			H	100
WATCH-HOUSES			J	100