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Publication Account
Date 1996
Event ID 1016458
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016458
On the haughs of the Don are the broken remains of a characteristic early 16th century chutch, long and narrow, that was dedicated to St Michael. There is an unusual sacrament house, dated 1524, which was probably designed by Canon Alexander Galloway, who may have been responsible for the ceiling of St Machar's (no. 48). This combines both Gothic and Renaissance elements (the latter in the inscription scrolls) in a way seen in various other north-east monuments throughout the 16th century. Beside it is a metal panel showing the crucifixion, also with Galloway's initials and the date 1525.
Within the church is the graveslab of Gilbert de Greenlaw, killed in the battle of Harlaw in 1411, which bears an unusually detailed carving of an armoured knight and the earliest use of Greek on a Scottish tomb. This slab was reused by a Forbes in 1592.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Aberdeen and North-East Scotland’, (1996).
