Moray HER - NJ26NW0026 - KINNEDDAR CHURCH

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ26NW0026
Name	KINNEDDAR CHURCH
NRHE Card No.	NJ26NW2
NRHE Numlink	16470
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Graveyard and site of church. A mound in the centre of the graveyard marks the site of the church which went out of use in 1676. Later burials were inserted into the mound and no foundations can be seen. In 1995 a resistivity survey of six 20 m by 20 m grids was undertaken within the graveyard. The site of the former parish church was identified under a prominent mound covered with graves. In this case the cruciform church was represented by areas of low resistance, suggesting that the walls have been heavily robbed. It seems likely that this took place in the later 17th century when the parishes of Ogston and Kinneddar were combined, and a new parish church was erected at Drainie. There is some evidence to suggest that this later church included reused stone from Kinneddar. The graveyard walls contain remnants of 13th century AD walls. Gravestones include early flat stones with memento mori symbols (emblems of mortality) and a few table stones. Many stones refer to people drowned at sea. Within the graveyard is the Commonwealth war grave of Deck Hand James Wood Corstorphine (Royal Naval Reserve) who died on 23 November 1918. A market / mercat cross (NJ26NW0003) stands in the southwest area of the burial ground. Monumental inscriptions within the churchyard have been recorded by the Moray Burial Ground Research Group in 2003 and between 2005 and 2007.
Last Update	31/01/2024
Updated By	cpalmer

Compiler	CH
Date of Compilation	23/02/2011

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National Grid Reference: NJ 2233 6960

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
1995	Geophysical Survey
2003	Survey
2005	Survey
2006	Survey
2007	Survey

Excavations and Surveys

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Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
GRAVEYARDS			C	100
GRAVES	WAR	COMMONWEALTH	D	100
GRAVES	WORLD WAR I		E	100
CHURCHES		SITE OF	A	100
CHURCHYARDS			B	100