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Graveyard and site of Church of Dipple, which was dedicated to the Holy Ghost. The church was first mentioned in the Charters of Bishop Bricius between 1208 and 1215. The kirks and lands of Eskyll (Essil) and Duppill were confirmed to the Bishop of Moray by the king in 1452. It was allowed to decay after it was united with Essil and part of Urquhart in 1731 to form the parish of Speymouth. Only the East, or the Gordon's Aisle, remained, and was used as a burial place for the Gordon family. The aisle survives today, but does not appear to contain any fabric from the original church. There are mural memorials dated 1794 and 1818 incoroprated in fragments of the walling of the church. The graveyard is still in use. It is roughly circular in shape, situated on a slight mound. There is an entrance to the East, flanked by simple stone steps built into the walling. The walls were rebuilt in 1782, as recorded by an inscription next the entrance gate, and a plaque in the wall records reconstruction by subscription in 1811 and 1869. Silver coins of Robert II were found beneath the churchyard wall during repairs in 1868. On the OS map of 1846, mention is also made here of the site of a house called 'Holy Ghost House'. A pew back from 1634 now hangs on the West wall of the Speymouth parish church (NJ36SW0019), which was built in 1732-3 to be the replacement parish church. The graveyard contains the Commonwealth war grave of Private A. S. M. Roy who died in 1915. Recording of tombstones within the graveyard was carried out by the Moray Burial Ground Research Group in 2002.
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NJ35NW0007 - CHURCH OF DIPPLE