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Brechin, General

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Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Site Name Brechin, General

Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 35090

Site Number NO56SE 40

NGR NO 59 60

NGR Description NO c. 59 60

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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General oblique aerial view of the Skinner's Burn area of Brechin, centred on Brechin Cathedral, taken from the NW.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Brechin
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Architecture Notes

NO56SE 40 59 60

NMRS REFERENCE

O'Brian sketches - pencil view.

EXTERNAL REFERENCES

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, SMT Magazine, December 1952 - article and photographs (Mechanics' Institute, Cathedral and Tower)

Public Library (Scottish Room) Guides to Brechin - texts.

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Note (1984)

RCAHMS: The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Central Angus 2 (Medieval and later)

Brechin NO c. 59 60 NO56SE

A religious community was established at Brech in by the 10th century and in the reign of David I ( 1124-53) the bishop and culdees of Brech in were granted the right to hold a market. The town was a free burgh belonging to the bishop, but gradually came to be regarded as a royal burgh. Surviving medieval buildings are the cathedral, the round tower and a fragment of the hospital of Maison Dieu.

RCAHMS 1984.

(Pryde 1965, p. 33, no. 77 and p. 38, no. 87; SBS Brechin).

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