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Rattray, St Mary's Chapel And Graveyard

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Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)

Site Name Rattray, St Mary's Chapel And Graveyard

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Old Rattray

Canmore ID 21090

Site Number NK05NE 2

NGR NK 08507 57530

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21090

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Mary's Chapel and graveyard, looking to the SW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Mary's Chapel and graveyard, looking to the SW.View from north west.Rattray, St Mary's Chapel And Graveyard, NK05NE 2, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView of St Mary's Chapel East wallDetail of West end of St Mary's ChapelGrave slab at St Mary's ChapelOblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Mary's Chapel and graveyard, looking to the N.Grave slabs at St Mary's ChapelView of East wall of St Mary's Chapel from inside.West gable from west.Church park, general view, area 2 looking W.View of East end of St Mary's ChapelOblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Mary's Chapel and graveyard, looking to the ESE.View from south west.View from north west.View from north.View from south west.View from South West of St Mary's ChapelView of St Mary's Chapel East wallGrave slab at St Mary's ChapelView from North of St Mary's ChapelView from north west.View from west.Grave slab at St Mary's ChapelGrave slab at St Mary's ChapelView of West end of St Mary's Chapel from insideView of West end of St Mary's ChapelChurch park, area 1 looking E, section.Church park, section area 1.View from West of St Mary's Chapel.Detail of St Mary's Chapel grave slab.Grave slabs at St Mary's ChapelView from South of St Mary's ChapelView of West end of St Mary's ChapelView from west.Rattray, St Mary's Chapel And Graveyard, NK05NE 2, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoGrave slab at St Mary's ChapelDetail of West end of St Mary's ChapelOblique aerial view centred on Old Rattray farmstead with St Mary's Chapel adjacent, looking to the SE.Oblique aerial view centred on Old Rattray farmstead with St Mary's Chapel adjacent, looking to the SSE.View from south west.View from north east.Grave slab at St Mary's Chapel

Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Crimond
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NK05NE 2 08507 57530

(NK 0850 5752) St Mary's Chapel (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

The ruins of St Mary's Chapel, measure internally 45ft E-W by 18ft 9in N-S with walls 3ft thick. The gables are nearly entire and a considerable portion of the side walls remain (MacGibbon and Ross 1896-7). The earliest notice of the chapel is between 1214 and 1233, when, according to the New Statistical Account (NSA, 1845), it was a pirvate chapel of the nearby castle (NK05NE 4). Milne (1901) suggests that the style of the arch of the E window is late 12th century (Milne 1901).

NSA 1845; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896-7; J Milne 1901.

St Mary's Chapel is generally as described. The E gable has three lancet windows.

Visited by OS (RL) 8 January 1968.

Visible on air photograph AAS/93/15/G30/31. Copy held by Grampian Regional Council.

Information from M Greig, Grampian Regional Council, March 1994.

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Buildings of Scotland 2013-14

Photographed on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland publications 2013-14.

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