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Urquhart, Old Parish Church

Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval)

Site Name Urquhart, Old Parish Church

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) St Margaret's Church

Canmore ID 16583

Site Number NJ26SE 9

NGR NJ 28859 62648

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16583

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NJ26SE 9 28859 62648

(NJ 2885 6265) Graveyard (NAT).

OS 6" map, Morayshire, 1st ed., (1872-4)

The old church of Urquhart, dedicated to St Margaret, stood in the church yard to the E of the village. No trace of the church remains.

H B Mackintosh 1924

No further information regarding the church. The burial ground has been extended and is still in use.

Visited by OS (R L) 18 January 1972.

INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:

Address: Urquhart Burial Ground, Station Road, Urquhart, Moray

Postcode: IV30 8LQ

Status: In current use for burials

Size: 0.56 hectares, 1.37 acres

Polygon: Yes

TOIDs: 1000000172878204, 1000000172878210, 1000000172878273, 1000000172878303, 1000000172878309, 1000000172878401, 1000000172878449, 1000000172878452, 1000000172878453, 1000000172878454, 1000000172878455, 1000038951888

Number of gravestones: Not known

Earliest gravestone: Not known

Most recent gravestone: Not known

Description: Graveyard associated with a (no longer extant) church

Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 29 June 2005; Bereavement Services Portal checked 29 June 2005

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