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Remains of church built in 1703 and abandoned 1821, mort house and associated graveyard. All that remains is the west gable and the northwest corner. The west gable with the belfry is constructed of mortared rubble masonry, now covered with ivy. In the graveyard is a mort house, a vault for the storage of bodies. It is an underground arched stone chamber, covered with turf and is entered by a descending flight of stairs. There are shelves within upon which the coffins were placed. The door was of iron to prevent any attempt to break open and steal the bodies. The New Statistical Account describes the minister of the church digging up the foundations of a building supposedly a northern abbey belonging to the Abbey of Lindores in Fife, and built in the 14th century. Later authors counter this: Easson states that the lands of Fintray were granted to Lindores Abbey by its founder David, earl of Huntingdon 1198-9 but no priory or cell is known to have existed, and there was certainly none at Fintray. Site visit in October 2001 as part of a study for a gazetteer of monastic granges found no upstanding building remains or signs of wall foundations.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)