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Alvie Parish Church

Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century)

Site Name Alvie Parish Church

Classification Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Alvie Church Memorial Window

Canmore ID 14882

Site Number NH80NE 17

NGR NH 86408 09330

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Alvie
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH80NE 17.00 86408 09330

NH80NE 17.01 86429 09327 Burial Ground

NH 96408 09330. Alvie Church, built 1798, repaired 1833.

G Hay 1957.

There is a description of a burial of a number of skeletons found during restoration of this church, and other information in JA Rennie "Romantic Strathspey", London, 1956, pp25-27.

Information supplied by RCAHMS user, 27 September 2006

Architecture Notes

NH80NE 17.00 86408 09330

NH 96408 09330. Alvie Church, built 1798, repaired 1833.

G Hay 1957.

Built as a rectangular E to W orientated church in 1768; on the site of an earlier church or chapel and set within a circular walled enclosure. The church has been subsequently repaired in 1833, 1880 and 1952. The 1952 restoration involved Sir Basil Spence who designed some of the church furniture (chairs).

Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), 9 February 2010

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