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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 690043
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/690043
NO55NE 8 57311 58219 and 5732 5821
(NO 5732 5821) Chapel (Private) on Site of Aldbar Chapel (NR)
(NO 5733 5821) Cross Stone (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire and Angus, 2nd ed., (1927)
For Aldbar Castle and associated sites, see NO55NE 9.00.
A rector of Aldbar is recorded in 1429 and in 1433 the church was granted to the College of Methven. The chapel had long been ruinous until restored by the late Mr Chalmers (c. 1850) who not only preserved the exact dimensions of the building, but also used the old stones as far as possible, thereby preserving much of its ancient character. In 1903, two sculptured stones are recorded in the chapel. One, an upright cross slab, is said to have stood in the burial ground of the old chapel, while the other (now at Brechin Cathedral - see NO56SE 12) with the Virgin and Child upon it, is said to have been found at Brechin.
A Jervise 1861; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903.
