Aberdeenshire HER - NJ54SW0001 - KINNOIR CHURCH

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ54SW0001
Name	KINNOIR CHURCH
NMRS Card No.	NJ54SW1
NMRS Numlink	17871
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a church, dedicated to St Marnan. An inscription on the east gable dated the erection to 1500 but it is supposed to have been built in the early 14th Century. A low grass-covered bank marks the southeast wall of the church and the southeast cornerstone is just visible. Only the outline of three sides can be discerned. There are a number of late 18th Century and early 19th century gravestones and several table tombs of similar pattern within. The graveyard is still in use (Category C(S) Listed).
Last Update	16/02/2024

National Grid Reference: NJ 5442 4319

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type
1905	Field Observation

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
GRAVEYARDS			F	100
CHURCHES		REMAINS OF	A	100
STONES		DATED	B	100
STONES	GRAVE		C	100
TOMBS		TABLE	D	100
CHURCHYARDS			E	100

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National Status

National Status
Scheduled (under AM + Arch Area Act 1979)
Listed Building, Category C

Regional Status

Regional Status
Local Government Guardianship

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01656	Ordnance Name Book					EDINBURGH	No40(1871) 32
01410	CASTEL & DOM ARCH OF SCOT VOL2	T MACGIBBON	1887	Y		EDINBURGH	VOL 2,277-82
02238	NOTICE OF THE EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL SETTLEMENT.....AND OF RECENT EXCAVATION AT THE HA' HILLOCK. PSAS 2(1854-6) 368-72	J STUART	1857				369
00506	THE CHURCH AND OTHER BELLS OF ABERDEENSHIRE, PSAS 91(1957-8) 84-111	F. C. EELES	1958	Y			87
01105	EPITAPHS & INSCRIPTIONS,VOL 2	A JERVISE	1879			EDINBURGH	382-86

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Huntly
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, regularly visited by public, easy access.
Altitude	105
Geology
Topography	Terrace
Aspect 1	W
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Ecclesiastic
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length	15
Width	7
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD)	A	100
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	B	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Graveyard is late Medieval; 1500 inscription; bell of former kirk is now moved to Kinnoir Mission Church and dates to 1653; graveyard contains late 18th and early 19thC gravestones.

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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