Fraserburgh, St Medan's Church And Philorth Churchyard
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), Mausoleum (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fraserburgh, St Medan's Church And Philorth Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), Mausoleum (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Fraserburgh Cemetery; Church Of Philorth; Mausoleum Of The Frasers Of Park
Canmore ID 21117
Site Number NK06NW 1
NGR NK 00051 65486
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21117
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fraserburgh
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK06NW 1 00051 65486
(NK 0009 6549) Church of Philorth (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1959)
The Church of Philorth, dedicated to St. Medan, is first mentioned in 1296. It stood in the old graveyard on the Links near the farm of Kirktown (Pratt 1858) but was abandoned in 1574 (HBD No. 1).
J B Pratt 1858.
The theory that part of the chruch walls still stand on the E and W walls of the mausoleum of the Frasers of Park is wrong because when the graveyard was extended in 1910 the massive, well-defined foundations of the church were found partly within and partly without the west wall of the original graveyard.
J Cranna 1914.
There is no trace of the church. Part of the old graveyard wall (restored) still stands, 0.6m thick and in places 2.2m high.
Visited by OS (RL) 14 January 1969.