Kinnoir, Old Parish Church And Burial-ground
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kinnoir, Old Parish Church And Burial-ground
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kirktown Of Kinnoir, Graveyard; Church Of Kinore
Canmore ID 17871
Site Number NJ54SW 1
NGR NJ 54427 43205
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17871
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Huntly
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Kirkton of Kinnoir graveyard, late medieval. On plain of Deveron; contains late 18th- and early 19th-century gravestones as well as several table tombs. Bell (1653) of former kirk moved to Kinnoir Mission Kirk.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ54SW 1 54427 43205
(NJ 5442 4320) Church (NR) (Site of): Graveyard (NR).
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
The church of Kinore stood beside the River Deveron. It was dedicated to St Marnan, who was buried here in the middle of the seventh century.
J Stuart 1859.
A bell was obtained for the church in 1653.
E C Eeles and R W M Clouston 1960.
An inscription on the east gable of the church dates its erection to 1500 but it is supposed to have been built in the early part of the 14th century. The graveyard has been in use for at least 400 years.
Name Book 1871.
A low, grass-covered bank, 1.3m wide and 0.2m high, marks the SE wall of the church, and the SE corner stone is just visible. Only the outline of the other three sides can be discerned, giving the church dimensions of 15.0m by 7.0m.
The graveyard is still in use.
Visited by OS (EGC) 26 September 1961.
