Archaeology Notes

Event ID 671581

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ90SE 1 96270 04958 and 96517 04569

For successor parish church at Nigg Kirk Road (NJ 9464 0314), see NJ90SW 57.

For associated manse, see NJ90SE 88.

(NJ 9627 0495) St Fittick's Church (NR) (remains of)

(NJ 9650 0458) St Fittick's Well (NR) (site of)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1974).

The remains of the former parish church, founded between 1189 and 1199 and dedicated to St Fittick, which is said to be a corrupted form of St Fiacre (7th century). It was reconstructed and enlarged in the 18th century but parts of the walls are 13th century. The church was abandoned in 1829 but the fabric has been considerably restored.

The font is preserved in the Anthropological Museum, Aberdeen University. (information Dr W D Simpson, Librarian, Aberdeen University).

St Fittick's Well has been destroyed by coastal erosion but was held in great repute before the Reformation as a healing well. Votive offerings were left on its brink.

Anon 1901; G M Fraser 1913; R W Reid 1912; R Anderson 1910; A Ledingham 1902.

Visited by OS (JLD) 31 July 1952.