Forglen, Old Parish Church And Graveyard
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (17th Century), Gate(S) (Period Unassigned), Gate Pier(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Forglen, Old Parish Church And Graveyard
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (17th Century), Gate(S) (Period Unassigned), Gate Pier(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkton; Forglen, Old Church With Graveyard, Gatepiers And Gates
Canmore ID 18315
Site Number NJ64NE 2
NGR NJ 69700 49920
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18315
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Forglen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
NJ64NE 2 69700 49920
(NJ 6970 4991) Church (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1928)
This church was the predecessor of the present parish church,which was built in 1806.
On a stone into the S wall of it is an inscription "This church was re-edified by George Ogilvie, Master of Banff, 1692" (information from the Statistical Account [OSA] 1791-9).
Name Book 1866
All that remains of the church are the partially harled four walls levelled off to an average height of 2.6 metres. The door is in the E gable, and the N and S sides each contain a blocked-up window. The interior is overgrown with weeds and the walls covered in ivy. No trace of the inscribed stone was found; it is possibly covered by harling or ivy. The Rev A A Mullo-Weir, Forglen Manse, could not supply any additional information.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 9 September 1964.
The inscribed stone has been rebuilt in the middle of the W wall on the inside, and reads 'Bamff.1652'. Otherwise, as described.
Visited by OS (RL) 4 September 1967.
