Glengairn, Old Parish Church
Chapel (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), Font (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glengairn, Old Parish Church
Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), Font (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) St Mungo's Chapel
Canmore ID 32457
Site Number NO39NE 5
NGR NO 35276 97009
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32457
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO39NE 5.00 35276 97009 Glengairn, Old Parish Church
NO39NE 5.01 35278 96996 Burial-Ground
(NO 3527 9701) Church (In Ruins) On Site of (NAT) St Mungo's Chapel (NR) Font (NR)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1903)
Formerly the parish church of Glengairn, disused c. 1805, now reduced to four walls, date of erection unknown, but thought to have been built on the site of an R.C. chapel dedicated to St Mungo. A stone font is embedded in the ground at the W end of the ruins.
Name Book 1868.
The ruins of a church probably 18th century, with the font placed in the SW angle, situated in a graveyard which is still used. No local information concerning date and dedication of earlier R.C. chapel.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 November 1968.
