Site type BURIAL GROUND, CHURCH, CHURCHYARD
Canmore ID 21109
Site Number NK05SE 5
NGR NK 09325 51967
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish ST FERGUS
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District BANFF AND BUCHAN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NK05SE 5 09325 51967

NK05SE 18 09374 52011 The Glebe (Old Manse)
NK15SW 1 11573 50752 St Fergus's Church and Churchyard (Old St Fergus's Church)

(NK 0931 5196) Church (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)

1763, fragmentary; 19th-century mort-house; 1644 belfry on 1869 kirk.
G Hay 1957.

In 1616 the Kirk was opened for service about 2 miles to the W of the old structure (NK15SW 1) and at a higher elevation (Henderson 1907).
It was rebuilt in 1763 with a belfry at one end, the latter now incorporated in the present church built 1869-70 (Eeles and Clouston 1960).
J A Henderson 1907; F C Eeles and R W M Clouston 1960.

No trace of the earlier church. Three old stones set in the E gable of the modern church, which is still in use, bear the dates 1616, 1763 and 1869. The bell cote on the W gable bears the date 1644.
Visited by OS (AA) 16 January 1969.

Eeles and Clouston, F C and R W M (1960) 'The church and other bells of Aberdeenshire. Part II', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.91
Page(s): 103-4

Hay, G (1957a) The architecture of Scottish post-Reformation churches, 1560-1843, Oxford
Page(s): 169, 244 Held at RCAHMS F.5.31.HAY

Henderson, J A (1907) Aberdeenshire epitaphs and inscriptions with historical, biographical, genealogical and antiquarian notes, Aberdeen
Page(s): 214 Held at RCAHMS D.5.11.HEN