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Ardersier, Old Parish Church
Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval), Watch House (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Ardersier, Old Parish Church
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval), Watch House (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkton Of Ardersier; Kirkton, Old Burial Ground And Watch-house
Canmore ID 14313
Site Number NH75NE 1
NGR NH 78023 56680
NGR Description NH 78023 56680
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14313
- Council Highland
- Parish Ardersier
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH75NE 1 Centred on NH 78023 56688
For successor and present churches, see NH75NE 22 and NH75NE 41.
(NH 7801 5668) Church (NR) (Site of)
Graveyard (NAT)
OS 25" map, Ross-shire, (1870)
The church at Ardersier was mentioned in 1227 AD. There is no record of it until the Reformation after which references became numerous. It stood on the Carse near the bottom of the sea - terrace where its cemetry may still be seen. It was rebuilt with clay in 1776 but was again ruinous about 1790.
Orig Parch Scot 1855.
The site of the church is at the highest point of the graveyard. There are no extant remains and several graves now occupy the site.
Visited by OS (R D) 10 August 1964.
Field Visit (April 1979)
Ardersier, Church NH 780 566 NH75NE 1
Nothing can now be seen, in a disused burial-ground, of the former parish church of Ardersier, which is said to have stood here. The church, which is first mentioned in 1227, was rebuilt in 1766 but had fallen to ruin by 1792.
RCAHMS 1979, visited April 1979
OPS 1851-5, ii, 593-4
