Field Visit

Date 2012

Event ID 994509

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/994509

NJ 5072 6635 Cullen Old Kirk sits at a distance from the modern town, which was removed to the present location from1820. The church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin is cruciform in plan. It sits in a graveyard where there are several historic stones. Dating from the 13th century with many additions and alterations, up to and including from the 20th century, it is a fascinating building. There is a birdcage bellcote on the W gable.~The kirk retains two features, once common in churches, but rarely surviving today, lairds’ tombs of 1554 and the laird’s loft, of 1602. In addition there are some 16th- and 17th-century pew ends, a 16th-century sacrament house, the remains of a chapel to St Anne and a tomb with carvings of knights on horseback. Associated churches are the former St John the Evangelist church, at Kirkton of Deskford, and at Skeith is a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Pity.

Archive: Scottish Church Heritage Research

Funder: Historic Scotland

Edwina Proudfoot and Jonathan Dowling , Scottish Church Heritage Research (SCHR) 2012 (DES)