Angus HER - NO44SE0002 - INVERARITY CHURCH

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO44SE0002
Name	INVERARITY CHURCH
NMRS Card No.	NO44SE2
NMRS Numlink	33617
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of a church. Inverarity Church, which was dedicated by Bishop David in 1243, was formerly situated near Fotheringham House, according to traditions recorded by the NSA and the antiquarian Jervise. The church was moved to its present site in 1754. By 1859, the OS name book records that all traces of the church had disappeared, its site and that of the graveyard being planted with trees and shrubs. No traces were visible when visited by the OS in 1967. Human remains were uncovered by badger activity in August 2018, on the southern side of an artificial flat-topped mound. The the area of the find was subsequently investigated by AOC and a scatter of human remains uncovered. A total of 130 human skeletal fragments representing a minimum of six individuals (four adults and two children). Two pieces of bone were radiocarbon dated, the results indicated that the individuals date to the late-medieval to post-medieval period.
Last Update	18/07/2022

National Grid Reference: NO 4597 4395

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Date of Compilation

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type
1905	Excavation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
9	1967			RD	OS
8	2018	Excavation		AOC

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

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Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CHURCHYARDS		SITE OF	B	100
GRAVEYARDS		SITE OF	C	100
BURIALS	HUMAN		D	100
BONES	HUMAN		E	100
CHURCHES		SITE OF	A	100

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Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
744		A Jervise	1853			Edinburgh	299
1179							Book No. 50, 25
1483			1845			Edinburgh	Vol. 11, Forfar, 234
18430	THE MYSTERY OF ST MONAN'S CHURCH: POST-MEDIEVAL BURIALS IN INVERARITY, ANGUS	A MAROT	2021						2021

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Inverarity
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	5-10m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	1:501 - 1:1250
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	95
Geology
Topography	Bowl
Aspect 1	360
Aspect 2	Closed
Current Land Use	Mixed Woodland
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

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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

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