Mortlach Parish Church, Burial Ground Extension
Burial Ground (20th Century)
Site Name Mortlach Parish Church, Burial Ground Extension
Classification Burial Ground (20th Century)
Canmore ID 272955
Site Number NJ33NW 10.03
NGR NJ 32402 39232
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272955
- Council Moray
- Parish Mortlach
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ33NW 10.03 32402 39232
For Mortlach Parish Church Burial Ground see NJ33NW 10.01
For Mortlach Parish Church Watch House see NJ33NW 10.02
For Mortlach Cemetery see NJ33NW 135
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
N.B. This reference refers to NJ33NW 10.01, NJ33NW 10.02, NJ33NW 10.03 NJ33NW 135 collectively
Address: Mortlach Parish Church, Kirktown of Mortlach, Dufftown, Moray
Postcode: AB55 4BR
Status: In current use for burials
Size: Burial Ground: 0.26 hectares, 0.65 acres
Size: Burial Ground Extension: 0.56 hectares, 1.38 acres
Size: Cemetery: 0.75 hectares, 1.86 acres
Polygon: Yes
TOIDs: Burial Ground: 1000000172936450, 1000000172936441
TOIDs: Watch House: 1000038954448
TOIDs: Burial Ground Extension: 1000000172936420, 1000000172936421, 1000000172936422, 1000000172936423, 1000000172936424, 1000000172936425, 1000000172936439, 1000000172936440, 1000000172936443, 1000000172936444, 1000000172936445, 1000000172936446, 1000000172936447, 1000000172936448, 1000000172936452
TOIDs: Cemetery: 1000000172936416, 1000000172936426, 1000000172936427, 1000000172936429, 1000000172936473, 1000000172936474, 1000000172936475, 1000000172936483
Number of gravestones: Not known
Earliest gravestone: Not known
Most recent gravestone: Not known
Description: Burial ground associated with a church, watch house and public cemetery.
Data Sources: Bereavement Services Portal checked 27 June 2005, OS Mastermap Checked 27 June 2005
Magnetometry (June 2016)
NJ 324 392 As part of the Northern Picts project surveys and excavations have been undertaken in an area stretching from Aberdeenshire to Shetland targeting sites that can help contextualize the character of society in the early medieval period in northern Pictland.
An episcopal see is said to have been founded at Mortlach in the 11th century, before being transferred to Aberdeen. Mortlach has a dedication to Moluag, an early Irish saint, and there are both Class I and II Pictish monuments at Mortlach which could suggest an earlier origin for the church. In June 2016 a magnetometry survey was conducted in the Glebe Field W of the Mortlach Church and in fields to the E and N. The survey in the fields to the W and N failed to identify any anthropogenic features. In a small area just E of the burial ground a possible structure was located, but no traces of an enclosure were identified.
Archive: University of Aberdeen
Funder: University of Aberdeen
Gordon Noble and Oskar Sveinbjarnarson – University of Aberdeen
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
