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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 667690
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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4874 4102.
(NJ 4874 4102) St Peter's Church (NR)
OS 6" map 1959.
The remains of the church of the former parish of Drumdelgie, suppressed c. 1615 although the church, dedicated to St Peter, and first mentioned in 1230, was still usable in 1640.
The church is oriented and has measured c. 24' wide and 55' in length over walls c. 3' thick. It is now quite ruinous but the foundation is entire and the wall survives to a maximum height of 9'. The interior is used for burials. The font is preserved in the vestibule of the parish church.
The graveyard is of considerable extent surrounded by a substantial dyke.
Name Book 1871; A Jervise 1879; J Pirie 1906.
St Peter's Church measures 14.6m E-W by 5.5m within walls 0.8m thick on the N and S, and 0.9m thick at the gables. The W gable is still standing to a height of 2.5m and elsewhere the walls average 1.0m high. The burial ground is no longer used.
Visited by OS (ISS) 30 November 1972.
