Moray HER - NJ25NW0001 - BIRNIE PARISH CHURCH, BIRNIE

Site Details
Date and Period
Location Map
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Spatial Information
Maritime

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Date Built
Early Medieval (400 - 900 AD)	A	95
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD)	B	100
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	C	100
Modern (1900 - 2050)	D	100
12th Century	E	100
17th Century	F	100
18th Century	G	100	1734
19th Century	H	100
20th Century	I	100

Period Notes

Probably built in the 12th century, on a probable earlier site. There is a Norman font. Mural monuments dated 1670. The West gable was rebuilt, and the nave shortened in 1734, which is also when the belfry dated from. There are gravestones from the 17th and subsequent centuries, and the graveyard is still in use. There was restoration work on the church in 1891. There were alterations to the South windows in circa 1975. It was listed on 26/01/1971, and the description changed on 26/08/2015. It was scheduled on 31/01/1969.

Architect Details

A Marshall Mackenzie - 1891. John Wright - 1975.