Kintore, The Square, Parish Church, Churchyard
Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Churchyard (Post Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Kintore, The Square, Parish Church, Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Churchyard (Post Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)
Canmore ID 252676
Site Number NJ71NE 39.01
NGR NJ 7935 1628
NGR Description Centred NJ 7935 1628
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Parish Church, 1819, Archibald Simpson. Distinguished Gothic rectangle in granite ashlar, three round-headed, hood-moulded windows on south flank, buttressed and pinnacled west end topped by pyramid-roofed bellcote. 16th-century sacrament house inside, from preceding kirk, carved with angels bearing a monstrance, and some good 18th century
tombs and a double-sided early Pictish stone in the kirkyard. The elegant arched gate in Kemnay granite is the war memorial.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ71NE 39.01 centred 7935 1628
Publication Account (1996)
This incised Pictish stone, 1.2m tall, is unusual in having symbols on both faces. Differences in technique may indicate that they were carved at different times. A rather crude crescent and V-rod are placed above an almost lifeless beast on one face, whereas on the other a confidently carved fish surmounts a fine triple disc and cross bar. The interpretation of this last symbol as representing a bronze ring-handled cauldron suspended on a cross bar can be seen from the way the bar crosses over the inner edges of the rings and beneath their outer edges. Three other symbol stones have been found in Kintore: two are in NMS and one, with a unique square symbol, is in Inverurie Museum.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Aberdeen and North-East Scotland’, (1996).
