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Kintrae

Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval)

Site Name Kintrae

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Westfield; Church Of Kyntra; Church Of Kyntrae; Inchbrock; Kirk Of Spynie

Canmore ID 16122

Site Number NJ16NE 19

NGR NJ 1686 6515

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Spynie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Morayshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ16NE 19 1686 6515

(NJ 1686 6515) Chapel (NR)

OS 6" map, Morayshire, 2nd ed., (1906)

A charter dated 1203 - 1222 AD. three times states that the Church of Kyntra or Kyntrae (NJ 17 65) is old and mentions the road which goes down to it. The parson of Kintrae was witness to a deed between 1187 and 1203. Nothing remains of the Church and Churchyard but the site of the latter is still traceable in the centre of a field on the south west (SE) corner of Westfield.

L Shaw 1882.

No feature was seen on the ground that could be identified with the marks on the air photographs.

The field was ploughed at the time of investigation and a very thin scattering of rubble was noted in the area of the Chapel siting symbol. In the area centred NJ 1688 6517, that is about 20.0 metres NE of the site of the chapel, a number of human bones including fragments of a skull were found in the soil.

Visited by OS (RDL), 3 December 1962.

INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:

Address: Church of Kyntrae, Inchbrock, Moray

Postcode: IV30 8XL

Status: Abandoned

Size: N/a

Polygon: No

TOIDs: 1000000172450088 (site of)

Number of gravestones: Not known

Earliest gravestone: Not known

Most recent gravestone: Not known

Description: Graveyard associated with a chapel, no visible remains of either

Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 29 June 2005

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