Archaeology Notes

Event ID 672265

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ95SE 4.00 98145 50561

(NJ 9814 5056) Fetterangus Church (NR).

OS 25" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1902).

NJ95SE 4.01 NJ 9813 5056 Pictish symbol stone

Fetterangus Church was built about 1120 (Scott et al 1915-61), and is also recorded in the 13th century. The foundations remain, measuring 33ft by 12ft internally.

There is a symbol stone in the churchyard.

Name Book 1870; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; H Scott et al 1915-61.

The foundations of Fetterangus Church have been used to form an enclosed burial place. A holy water stoup has been set into the turf within the church.

The Pictish symbol stone stands at the entrance to the graveyard, which is still in use. The symbols are barely visible.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (NKB), 23 April 1968.