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Site of church and remains of a church. The ancient church was dedicated to St Congan and probably established in the 7th century. It was gifted to the Abbey of Arbroath by the Countess of Buchan in the 13th century and received donations at various dates amongst which one came from Robert the Bruce. The church now remaining as a ruin was probably built circa 1412, now reduced to the fragment of the choir crowned by a belfry of 16th century date. When this was built at the east end of the old church, a wall was built across the sanctuary concealing the greater part of the Sacrament House, only one jamb being left visible. A relic of the older church was discovered in 1861 in the form of a fresco of St Ninian, the interior probably having been painted all over with frescoes. This has now been lost. The carved heads built into the east wall of the church may have come from the Almshouse or hospital which stood nearby (NJ74NW0001). The interior of the choir contains an interesting series of 17th century monuments. The new Parish church was built in 1794 on a new site. The gateway to the churchyard is late 17th century, a moulded arch framed in fluted pilasters with early 19th century wrought-iron gate. The churchyard contains monuments from the 17th century onwards.
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