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Old Findhorn, General
Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Old Findhorn, General
Classification Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Old Town Of Findhorn; Seatown Of Kinloss; River Findhorn
Canmore ID 15876
Site Number NJ06NW 1
NGR NJ 0235 6534
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15876
- Council Moray
- Parish Kinloss
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ06NW 1 0235 6534
For modern village of Findhorn, see NJ06SW 105.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
National Library. Sketches of Scottish Scenery - 1 sketch Vol.2.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
The present village of Findhorn is said to be the third. The first was 6 miles west of the present one, but its exact site is unknown, being covered by the Culbin Sands. It was a place of some importance in the Middle Ages.
The second Findhorn lay 1 mile NW of the present village until 11th October, 1702, and is now covered by the sea. It was a thriving port, regularly built and standing upon a pleasant plain.
T D Wallace 1883; J B Ritchie 1932.
(NJ 0235 6534) The old town of Findhorn stood about one mile northwest of the present town. On 11th October, 1702, the river Findhorn formed its present mouth and in a few years the old town was destroyed.
There seems to be some confusion about the earlier Findhorns as some writers imply that a still earlier town lay further west. From a careful consideration of the available and meagre evidence J A Steer concludes that it did not exist. A map in the Burgh and County Library, Inverness, made between 1725 and 1730 by John Avery bears out this conclusion.
J A Steers 1937.
