Benvie Church
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval), Font (Period Unknown), Sundial (17th Century) (1643)
Site Name Benvie Church
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval), Font (Period Unknown), Sundial (17th Century) (1643)
Alternative Name(s) Benvie, Old Kirkyard
Canmore ID 32051
Site Number NO33SW 6
NGR NO 32837 31452
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32051
- Council Angus
- Parish Liff And Benvie (Angus)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO33SW 6.00 3282 3145.
NO33SW 6.01 NO 3283 3145 Pictish Cross-Slab
Cross-Slab removed to Dundee Museum in October 1991
(NO 3282 3145) Benvie Church (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire, 2nd ed., (1926)
About half the W gable of Benvie Church still stands; the foundations show that it had measured about 54' x 24'. It belonged to St Andrews, and was dedicated to an unknown saint in 1243.
In the churchyard is a Class III cross-slab, an old font, a sundial dated 1643, and a number of 17th century grave-slabs.
A Jervise 1861; A J Warden 1880-5; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903;
M E Boyle 1938.
Field Visit (18 April 1958)
Only a fragment of the W wall, 6.0m long, 2.0m high and 1.2m thick, remains of this church. There are no traces of other foundations within this small elevated graveyard.
The cross-slab, which is at NO 3283 3145, is as illustrated by Allen
and Anderson (1903).
The font is built into the N end of the remaining wall; the sundial is in the outside wall by the gate, and there are a number of 17th century grave-slabs.
Visited by OS (J L D) 18 April 1958.