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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 665961
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/665961
NJ26NW 2 22340 69600
(NJ 2234 6960) Kinnedar Church (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, (1938)
The foundations of Kinnedar Church may be traced in the centre of the churchyard.
NSA (written by Rev R Rose - 1842) 1845; R Pococke 1886.
Between 1187 and 1203, the seat of the diocese of Moray was removed from Birnie to Kenedar or Kinnedar; but whether it is the church of that day, or a later one, whose foundations are presumably under the mound of rubbish in the centre of the churchyard, is not known.
H B Mackintosh 1924.
The Church of Kenedar was removed to Drainie soon after the union of Kenedar parish with Ogston on 17th February 1669.
H Scott (Fasti Eccles Scot) 1915-61.
A large mutilated mound covered with graves marks the site of this church. It is now impossible to trace the outlines of the church, and no foundations were seen.
Visited by OS (W D J), 27 November 1962.
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
Address: Kinneddar Burial Ground, Lossiemouth, Moray
Postcode: IV31 6SA
Status: Closed for burial but maintained
Size: 0.50 hectares, 1.22 acres
Polygon: Yes
TOIDs: 1000000172699786, 1000000172699787, 1000000172699788, 1000000172699793, 1000000172699794, 1000000172699795
Number of gravestones: 432
Earliest gravestone: 1673
Most recent gravestone: 1997
Description: Graveyard associated with a church. A mound in the centre marks the ruins of the church which went out of use in 1676. Later burials made into this mound. Mercat Cross in SW area of burial ground. Walls contain remnants of c13th Century walls. A wide cross-section of gravestones exist. Early flat stones with emblem of mortality and a few table stones. Many stones referring to persons drowned at sea. Many stones are not significant as stones, but for the extensive genealogies inscribed on them.
Data Sources: Graveyard Recording Form, 19 August 2002; OS MasterMap checked 14 June 2005.
