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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 665715
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/665715
NJ05NW 20 03565 58876
NJ05NW 20.01 Centred NJ 03596 58877 Burial-ground
(NJ 0356 5887) St Laurence Church at Forres stands on the site of St Laurence's Chapel, built by King Alexander III in 1275 in memory of Queen Margaret. It is said to have been burnt by the Wolf of Badenoch in 1390 and re-erected immediately afterwards.
R Douglas 1934
The ancient parish kirk of St Laurence persisted until 1775.
R G Cant 1948
The present Parish Church of St Laurence, dedicated in 1906 (Jubilee in 1956 (information from Rev W P Wishart)) is still in use as a place of public worship. Nothing remains of the earlier buildings.
Visited by OS (RDL) 17 September 1963.
