Archaeology Notes

Event ID 692949

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO65NE 17 68394 56021

(NO 6838 5601) The parish church built in 1791 on or near the site of its predecessor, which on record in the 12th century dedicated to the Virgin and known as St. Mary's of Old Montrose. St Mary's Well is in the immediate vicinity. A fine heraldic graveslab dating from about 1530 is preserved in the church vestry.

A J Warden 1880-5; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896-7.

The heraldic graveslab, which bears the figure of a man in civilian dress, is now in Montrose Museum.

Information from RCAHMS (IFr), 7 August 2001.