Publication Account

Date 1996

Event ID 1016461

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016461

This simple rectangular church, set on a peaceful green mound, was built in the later 13th century as the parish church of Auchindoir, at a time when great efforts were being made to consolidate the parochial system. The south doorway is a fine example of work from this period, the high point of Scottish medieval stone-mason work. Its hood moulding is decorated with dogtooth carvings that surround the plain round-headed mouldings of the opening. The latter are carried on 'handsome crocket caps' and narrow shafts.

The church was remodelled in the early 16th century and a fine sacrament house, carved to look like a monstrance, inserted into a lancet window.

The original earthen motte of Craig lies just to the S of the Kirk, and, N up the Den of Craig, is the imposing chateau of Craig.

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