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Glenbervie, St Michael's Church
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Burial Vault (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Glenbervie, St Michael's Church
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Burial Vault (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Glenbervie, Old Parish Kirk; Douglas Aisle
Canmore ID 36583
Site Number NO78SE 15
NGR NO 76693 80440
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36583
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenbervie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO78SE 15 76701 80434
For Glenbervie West (or Parish) Church (NO 7663 8071), see NO78SE 40 .
(NO 7670 8043) St Michael's Church (NR) (remains of) [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1972.
The old parish church dedicated to St Michael (Scott et al 1915-61) stood in the present burial ground, opposite Glenbervie House. Only a fragment of a tower or pillar, which apparently formed the SW corner, now remains, next to the Douglas Aisle (Name Book 1864).
The Douglas Aisle, originally part of the church (Simpson 1962) is the family vault of the Douglasses, Melvilles, proprietors of Glenbervie. An inscription in contracted Latin gives the history of the Lairds of Glenbervie from 1730.
The church is first mentioned in a grant to Brechin Cathedral about 1222, and was in use till 1826, when the new church was built (at NO 7663 8073).
A Jervise 1885; Name Book 1864; H Scott et al 1915-61; W D Simpson 1962.
The Douglas Aisle, which is in good repair, appears to incorporate the E end of St Michael's Church. It measures 7.5m N-S by 5.4m transversely, with the wall 0.8m thick. Toothing at the W end of the N wall confirms that the aisle is part of an earlier structure, almost certainly the church, but renovations and a growth of ivy have obscured any original details. The pillar desribed in the Name Book (1864) remains on the prolongation of the S wall, but as it is modernised and used as a monument to the Stuarts of Inchbreck, it is uncertain if it was part of the church.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 10 December 1969.
This church was dedicated to St Michael and stood in the present burial-ground opposite Glenbervie House (NO78SE 16.00). Only a fragment of a tower or pillar remains, next to the Douglas Aisle. It was first mentioned in a grant to Brechin Cathedral c. 1222, and was erected a prebend in 1422. It became episcopalian but was converted into the established parish church in 1746 and remained such until 1826 when the new church was built (NO 7663 8073).
The Douglas Aisle (originally part of the church) is the family vault of the Douglasses, Melvilles, propritors of Glenbervie. An inscription in contracted latin gives the history of the lairds of Glenbervie from 1730.
NMRS, NMRS MS/712/19.
Field Visit (February 1982)
Glenbervie, Old Parish Church and Burial-ground NO 766 804 NO78SE 15
All that remains of the old parish church of Glenbervie are the E end and a small portion of the S wall; the former has been adapted for use as a burial-aisle, and the latter as a family memorial. It was partly rebuilt and enlarged in the late 18th century, before being replaced by the present building in 1826. A church at Glenbervie is first mentioned in 1274.
RCAHMS 1982, visited February 1982
(Stat. Acct., xi, 1794, 452; Jervise 1875-9, ii, 344-9; Cowan 1967, 74; Simpson 1974, 260)
Watching Brief (24 February 2021 - 25 February 2021)
A watching brief was maintained by Cameron Archaeology on 24-25 February 2021 during excavation of a trench for new cabling (Illus 2). The NE section of the trench across the tarred road was excavated to 0.6m deep; all the excavated material was sand and gravel imported material under the road. The stony natural subsoil was recorded at the base of the trench. The S half of the trench along the SW wall of the graveyard was all excavated within existing water pipe trenches; a ceramic water pipe at the base of the trench and a blue plastic water pipe 0.4m down. No archaeological features or finds were recorded and the trench is now complete and the trench backfilled.
Information from OASIS ID: camerona1-420797 (A Cameron) 2021.
