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Tynet, St Ninian's Church

Church (18th Century)

Site Name Tynet, St Ninian's Church

Classification Church (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Tynet Chapel; St Ninian's Burial-ground, Dawson Memorial

Canmore ID 84461

Site Number NJ36SE 24

NGR NJ 37886 61252

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NJ36SE 24.00 37886 61252

NJ36SE 24.01 37869 61262

See also NJ46SW 32.

This unassuming white-harled rural building, which may be mistaken for a line of cottages, is the oldest building erected after the Reformation for Roman Catholic worship in Scotland. Built (in 1755) just nine years after Culloden, at a time when Catholicsa were regarded with suspicion if not direct hostility, this low building in the Gordon lands of Enzie, was originally even more inconspicuous, having a thatched roof and no glazed windows. The ball finial on the W gable was added in 1779 by priest George Matheson, who also glazed the windows and slated the roof. The interior is simple but pleasing.

I Shepherd 1986.

Architecture Notes

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W Schomberg Scott Photograph Collection Acc no 1997/39

I exterior and 2 interior views

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Publication Account (1986)

This unassuming white-harled rural building, which may be mistaken tor a line of cottages, is the oldest building erected after the Reformation for Roman Catholic worship in Scotland. Built just nine years after Culloden, at a time when Catholics were regarded with suspicion ifnot direct hostility, this low building, in the Gordon lands of Enzie, was originally even more inconspicuous, having a thatched roof and no glazed windows. The ball finial on the west gable was added in 1779 by the priest George Matheson,who also glazed the windows and slated the roof. The interior is simple but pleasing.

Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Grampian’, (1986).

Publication Account (1996)

This unassuming white-harled rural building, which may be mistaken for a line of cottages, is the oldest building erected after the Reformation for Roman Catholic worship in Scotland. Bui lt just nine years after Culloden, at a time when Catholics were regarded with suspicion if not direct hostility, this low building, in the Gordon lands of Enzie, was originally even more inconspicuous, having a thatched roof and no glazed windows. The ball finial on the west gable was added in 1779 by the priest George Matheson, who also glazed the windows and slated the roof. The interior is simple but pleasing, having been restored by Ian G Lindsay in 1951.

Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Aberdeen and North-East Scotland’, (1996).

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