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Remains of a church, first mentioned in 1574 but may have earlier, 15th Century, origins, and associated graveyard. The church of Creythyn, or Crethy, was dedicated to St Manir (Manire, Monirus). Jervise states that it belonged to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth but Scott says it was owned by the Priory of Monymusk. The walls stand to gable height at the west end, reducing to 0.70 m, and the ends of the north and south walls. The church was is constructed in random masonry with rubble infilling, repointed in the 20th Century. The east wall is obscured by the burial enclosure of the Farquharsons of Invercauld and Monaltrie. Part of the east wall, which incorporates a doorway, is modern. The churchyard includes the graves of employees of the Royal Household and Balmoral Estate, including Queen Victoria's 'loyal servant' John Brown, who died 1883. It also contains two First World War Commonwealth war graves. The church replaced an earlier church or chapel built by St Manir to the east of the present site (NO39NW0001). The church continued in use at this site until the late 18th Century, at which time it required extensive repairs and was also too small for the congregation at that time. This church was closed and a new, simple, church built in 1804 on a higher site to the north, itself replaced at the end of the 19th Century with a more elaborate church still in use today (NO29SE0018).
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