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Inchbraoch, Braoch Road, Church
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Inchbraoch, Braoch Road, Church
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rossie Island; Inchbrayock Church; Craig, Former Parish Church
Canmore ID 36229
Site Number NO75NW 2
NGR NO 7094 5675
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36229
- Council Angus
- Parish Montrose
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO75NW 2.00 7093 5675
NO75NW 2.01 NO 7093 5675 Pictish Symbol Stone
NO75NW 2.02 NO 7093 5675 Cross-Slabs
(NO 7093 5675) Chapel (NR) (Site of)
OS 1:10000 map (1975)
The site of the former church of Inchbraoch or Craig parish, dedicated to St Braoch in 1243 and ruinous by 1573. It was removed before 1684 although foundations are still uncovered in the vicinity of the vault which now occupies the site.
The burial-ground which surrounds the eminence on which the church stood is still in use and three Early Christian stones have been recovered from it.
A Class II symbol-bearing cross-slab found in 1849 and a Class III upright cross-slab found in 1857 are in Montrose Museum. The other stone, a Class III cross-slab found between 1857 and 1903 is preserved at Craig Manse (NO 704 558).
This site has been transferred within the last century from Craig parish to Montrose.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; A J Warden 1882; Name Book 1858; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903
Field Visit (April 1978)
lnchbraoch NO 709 567 NO75NW 2
The old parish church of Craig stood on a slight eminence within the present burial-ground on Rossie Island. The church was dedicated to St Braoch in 1243, but was ruinous by 1573, and no traces of the building are now visible. The site is notable on account of the three early cross-slabs (NO75NW 2.01) that have been found in the vicinity of the church. A Class II and a Class III stone are both in the Montrose Museum, but the present location of the other Class III slab is unknown.
RCAHMS 1978, visited April 1978
(Warden 1880-85, iii, 137; Allen and Anderson 1903, iii, 223-4, 254-5)
