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Tomb and remains of church. The church was said to have been dedicated to St Englatius, a fictituous person whose name has been compounded from the Gaelic word 'oenglais' (choice brook). According to the 'Martyrology of Oenus' the Celtic founder of the church was St Murdebur or Muirdebar, who came from Leinster circa 600AD. The Medieval church wall survives in the churchyard. The Tolquhon tomb was erected in 1589 to the memory of William Forbes and his wife Elizabeth Gordon. Built in an unusually imaginative way, it shows the free use of both Medieval and Classical ornament which was characteristic of the later 16th century in Scotland. The overall scheme is medieval but most of the detail echoes classical motifs. The arms and initials of William Forbes (died 1596) and his wife Elizabeth Gordon are in the upper corners of the tomb. The stones in the kirkyard include one of 1583 to the Craig family. A number of 17th century gravestones lie at the west end of the south wall of the present church (NJ83SE0043).
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