Aberdeenshire HER - NJ64NE0001 - OLD PARISH CHURCH, FORGLEN

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ64NE0001
NameOLD PARISH CHURCH, FORGLEN
NMRS Card No.NJ64NE2
NMRS Numlink18315
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a church, the predecessor of the present Parish church, and associated graveyard. All that remains of the church are four partially harled walls. The door is in the east gable and the north and south sides each contain a blocked-up window. The interior is overgrown with weeds and the walls are covered with ivy. The church contains a medieval piscina. Rebuilt into the middle of the inside west wall is an inscribed stone which reads 'This church was re-edified by George Ogilvie, Master of Banff, 1692' (the stone was formerly in the south wall in the 19th century). The graveyard was probably enclosed in the 18th century, with ashlar coped rubble walls. Within the graveyard are two war memorial stones and a war grave (NJ64NE0038). Gatepiers to the north with stepped caps, ball and eagle finials, wrought-iron gates.
Last Update01/05/2024

National Grid Reference: NJ 6970 4988


Easting: 353500, Northing: 807300

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Event Details


Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
MEMORIALSWORLD WAR I G100
WAR GRAVES  H100
CHURCHYARDS  F100
GRAVEYARDS  E100
MEMORIALSWAR I100
CHURCHES REMAINS OFA100
PISCINAS  B100
WINDOWS BLOCKEDC100
STONES INSCRIBEDD100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status

Regional Status
Local Government Guardianship

Photo Details


Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
01656Ordnance Name Book    EDINBURGHNo13(1866) 66-2  

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Forglen
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 5-10m
Buffer Type Bespoke
Capture Scale Unknown
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, regularly visited by public, easy access.
Altitude55
Geology 
Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1S
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Ecclesiastic
Vegetation
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Hydrology 

Measurements

Plan 
Shape 1 Rectangular
Shape 2 Solid
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Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD) A100    
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) B100    
17th Century C100    
World War 1 (1914 - 1918) D100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Medieval roots. Re-edified 1652 inscribed stone. Out of use by 1806.

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