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Peathill, Old Pitsligo Church
Church (17th Century) (1603)
Site Name Peathill, Old Pitsligo Church
Classification Church (17th Century) (1603)
Alternative Name(s) Old Pitsligo Church And Burial Ground; Peathill, Burial-ground; Forbes Of Pitsligo Burial-vault
Canmore ID 20792
Site Number NJ96NW 2
NGR NJ 93392 66241
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20792
Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Photographic copy of drawing of tomb canopy.
General Collection. Glass Lantern Slides
DP 162911
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217757
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217771
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105688
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2379483
Peathill, Old Pitsligo Church, NJ96NW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2516320
View from South West
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516322
View from South
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
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SC 2516325
View of West gable from West
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
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SC 2516331
Detail of bellcote
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516333
Detail of carved panel
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 792913
View of the old parish church of Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, in the foreground, and the Hill Church of Rosehearty, in the background. The old church was built in 1632 and remained in use until c.1890, when it was replaced by the Hill Church. It was unroofed shortly afterwards, and now survives only as a shell, although much of the remarkable 17th century woodwork has been preserved in the new building. This photograph captures the old church, still roofed, in the 1890s.
Papers of Ranald W M Clouston, engineer and campanologist, Suffolk, England
c. 1890
© RCAHMS
DP 162913
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217759
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217761
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217768
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217773
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105734
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105746
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516324
View from South
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516327
View of interior from North
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516332
Detail of carved panel
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516544
Old Pitsligo Church. Carved pew from old church now in new one.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/7/1942
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137576
Interior. View from east.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137582
Detail of entrance on west wall of south aisle.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 162908
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217760
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217765
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217770
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105727
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105748
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2379485
Peathill, Old Pitsligo Church, NJ96NW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2516334
Detail of carved panel dated 1634
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 162910
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1460992
Old Pitsligo Church. Carved pew from old church now in new one.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/7/1942
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217758
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217762
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217767
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217769
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105686
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105730
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105733
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105735
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105752
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105756
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2379482
Peathill, Old Pitsligo Church, NJ96NW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2516137
Old Pitsligo Church. General view showing belfry of old Church.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/7/1942
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516330
Detail of bellcote
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137578
View from north east.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 162906
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 162912
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 162914
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1460991
Old Pitsligo Church. General view showing belfry of old Church.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/7/1942
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217766
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105687
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105725
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105732
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105740
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105747
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105754
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2379484
Peathill, Old Pitsligo Church, NJ96NW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, Verso
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2516328
Detail of West staircase
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516329
Detail of East staircase
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137577
Detail of bellcote.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137579
Detail of carved panel between windows on west front.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137581
Detail of blocked doorway on south front with carved panel above.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 162907
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217763
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217774
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105726
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105739
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105745
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105751
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105753
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137574
View from south west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137580
Detail of carved panel above blocked doorway on south wall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 162905
Oblique aerial view of Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard and Hill Church of Rosehearty, looking ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
26/6/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217775
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105685
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105731
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516319
View from South West
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516321
View from South
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516323
View from North East
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516326
View of interior from East
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2516335
Detail of blocked opening
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/9/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 137575
View from west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/6/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217764
Oblique aerial view of Hill Church of Rosehearty, Old Pitsligo Church and Churchyard, looking W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105724
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2105755
Pitsligo New Church Rosehearty, Grampian Detailed interior Survey and Exterior Views
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/5/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Pitsligo
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ96NW 2.00 9338 6623
NJ96NW 2.01 centred NJ 93379 66230 burial-ground
(NJ 9338 6623) Church (NAT) (Disused).
OS 6" map, (1938).
The church was built in 1630 AD. It is oblong, with a south aisle entered by an outside stair, and has a belfry on the apex of the west gable. It is of mingled Gothic-Renaissance features typical of the early 17th century.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.
The walls are still standing and the present parish church replaced it in 1890 AD.
J B Pratt 1901.
Pitsligo. 1634; repaired 1836, abandoned. 1634 Forbes loft front in 1893 church.
G Hay 1957.
Old Pitsligo Church, as described by MacGibbon and Ross, (ibid) is now roofless. The south aisle is the burial vault of the Forbes of Pitsligo, from 1636 to 1781.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RL) 7 March 1967.
Scheduled with NJ96NW 2.00 as Old Pitsligo Church and burial ground.
Information from HistoricScotlanbd, scheduling document dated 6 June 2005.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Drawings stored at: Welsh School of Architecture, The Technical College, Cardiff.
Plans: 1/2" (1 sheet). (Old Belfry). Measured and drawn by X.L. Mather, measured with W. Coutts Youngson. 1934. Students of the Aberdeen School of Architecture.
NMRS MISCELLANEOUS:
Dr. Thomas Ross - manuscript notes.
