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Gordonstoun, Michael Kirk, Burial Ground
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Gordonstoun, Michael Kirk, Burial Ground
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Ogston, Old Parish Church; Gordonstoun House Policies
Canmore ID 272755
Site Number NJ16NE 16.02
NGR NJ 19280 68946
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272755
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
N.B. This reference applies to NJ16NW 16.00 and NJ16NW 16.02 collectively
Address: The Michael Kirk and Burial Ground, Gordonstoun School, Duffus, Elgin, Moray
Postcode: IV30 5QZ
Status: In current use for burials (only with consent of School Board of Governors)
Size: 0.29 hectares, 0.73 acres
Polygon: Yes
TOIDs: 1000038922085 (Kirk), 1000000172527898 (Burial Ground)
Number of gravestones: 87
Earliest gravestone: 1629 (one stone possibly dated 1575)
Most recent gravestone: 2000
Description: Graveyard associated with a chapel. Non-denominational chapel used by pupils and staff of Gordonstoun School. Michael Kirk erected 1705 as mausoleum to Sir Robert Gordon, on site of demolished OgStoun Parish Church. Originally an open shell over family vault, glazed c1900. Michael Kirk contains large memorials to Gordon and Gordon-Cumming families, also a memorial window. Graveyard is that of Ogstoun Parish Church, and contains a mercat cross variously dated as 12th or 13th Century. Flat stones from 17th to 18th Centuries. Very few 19th and early 20th Century stones. Tombstones to Gordonstoun staff etc post 1946. Memorials to Gordon and Gordon-Cumming families within Kirk. The Gordon Memorial gives a very good genealogy of the family. The Mercat Cross is a good example of its type.
Data Sources: Graveyard Recording Form, 9 August 2002; OS MasterMap checked 13 June 2005
