St Fergus Links, St Fergus's Church And Churchyard
Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval), Churchyard (18th Century), Mort House (19th Century)
Site Name St Fergus Links, St Fergus's Church And Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval), Churchyard (18th Century), Mort House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Old St Fergus's Church
Canmore ID 21344
Site Number NK15SW 1
NGR NK 11573 50752
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21344
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish St Fergus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK15SW 1 11573 50752
NK05SE 5 09325 51967 St Fergus Parish Church and Churchyard
(NK 1155 5075) Church (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
The church of Inverugie was dedicated to St. Fergus and belonged to Arbroath Abbey (Scott et al 1915-61). Only featureless fragments of the N and S walls remain, and the former now forms part of the N wall of the churchyard, but this was probably not the case originally. The churchyard was enlarged in 1833. It went out of use when the new church (NK05SE 5) was built at St Fergus in 1616.
NSA 1845; F C Eeeles 1913; H Scott et al 1915-61.
The remains of St Fergus's church consist of the N and S walls, about 0.8m thick, about 2.4m high and about 19.8m long, the distance between them being 5.2m.
Parts have been reconstructed and they both incorporate tombstones of the early 17th century and later.
There is no trace of the E or W gables. The graveyard is still in use.
Visited by OS (RL) 18 December 1968.
