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Remains of a church and associated graveyard. The church was dedicated to St Meddan and belonged to the Abbey of Lindores. It was in use until 1703 when a new church was erected at Hatton of Fintray (NJ81NW0058, which itself went out of use in 1821 replaced by a new church NJ81NW0104). The church building is roofless, but the walls stand to roof level and appear to have been restored. There are several old gravestones in the churchyard of which four have unusual designs. No.1, the smallest, has a simple Latin cross potent. No.2, of grey granite, has a carved sword in relief and an incised cross. No. 3, of grey granite, which appears to have been used as a grave slab, has an incised circle enclosing a cross, a rectangular 'grid', a pair of shears and another circular figure. No.4, of coarse grained granite, also appears to have been used as a grave cover and bears an incised sword with incised cross potent near each end of the stone. The remains of the church have been incorporated into the burial enclosure of the Forbes of Fintray, later the Forbes-Sempills. The enclosure measures 19.8 m by 7.8 m and has opposed entrances with railed gates. Towards the east end of the surviving wall of the church is a sacrament house, a recess for the communion cup, above which is a square pink granite panel carved in relief, of possible 15th century date, bearing a depiction of Christ crucified flanked by 2 figures.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)