Corriehoul, Cemetery

The rectangular burial-ground at Corriehoul lies on a sloping terrace on the north side of the River Don, and is flanked on the west by the Corriehoul Burn. It is enclosed by a coped rubble wall and entered through a wrought iron gate with a plaque recording its construction in 1869. The burial-ground contains numerous nineteenth and twentieth century stones, but the oldest stones all lie towards the lower, south end of the present enclosure, and appear to correspond with the area of a smaller subcircular burial-ground depicted on the first edition of the OS six-inch map.

Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project

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OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.

This rectangular burial-ground lies on a sloping terrace on the N side of the River Don, and is flanked on the W by the Allt Coire Tholl. The enclosing wall is of coped rubble and mortar, with a wrought iron gate bearing a plaque recording the construction in 1869.

The burial-ground contains numerous nineteenth- and twentieth-century stones, including a group commemorating the Tennant family of Edinglassie. A stone of 1860 in the SW corner marks the grave of a young woman who perished ?on the Leicht?, and beside it a crudely shaped and inscribed slab marks that of an unknown man found on the Lecht in 1937. The oldest decipherable date noted was 1826, although a roughly shaped granite headstone against the S dyke, propped on its side and partly buried, bears an incised cross, the letters IM, and what appears to be the date 17--; the rest of the date is concealed beneath the turf.

The oldest stones all lie towards the lower, S end of the present enclosure, and appear to correspond with the area of a smaller, subcircular burial-ground depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, 1869, sheet lxviii).

Visited by RCAHMS (IF), 10 July 1996.