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Kearn, Old Parish Church And Churchyard
Burial Ground (Medieval), Burial Vault (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Site Name Kearn, Old Parish Church And Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Burial Vault (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kearn Churchyard
Canmore ID 17659
Site Number NJ52NW 21
NGR NJ 51449 26642
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17659
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Auchindoir And Kearn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ52NW 21 51449 26642
(NJ 5144 2663) Kearn Church (NAT) (Remains of).
OS 6" map, (1959).
For mausoleum at NJ 5144 2661, see NJ52NW 58.
For successor parish churches (of Auchindoir and Kearn), see NJ42SE 26 and NJ42SE 27.
Kearn Church was demolished in 1810-11, though the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB, 1866) states that its back wall remains as part of a tomb. Jervise (1875-9) says its stones were used to build the kirkyard dykes and the aisles of the Grants and Forbes, the latter standing on the site of the old church. The kirk of 'Keryn' is recorded in the Taxation of Scottish benefices in 1275.
Name Book 1866, A Jervise 1875-9.
During the greater part of the 17th century the parishes of Forbes and Kearn were united; in 1722 Kearn was joind to Auchindoir.
H Scott 1915-61.
The tomb mentioned by the ONB is the modern grave enclosure of the Forbes family at NJ 5144 2663. Its walls have recently been plastered and the only indication that one may be part of the church is that the N wall, the back of the enclosure, is thicker than the rest.
Visited by OS (RL) 18 September 1967.
The site of the former parish church of Kearn lies in a burial-ground in a belt of trees fringing the Druminnor estate. Its site is low-lying, on a gentle E-facing slope. Nothing is visible of the church, but the N wall of the burial-aisle of the Forbes family is thicker than the other three and may incorporate a fragment of an earlier structure.
The burial-ground is trapezoidal on plan, and is enclosed by a coped rubble-and-mortar wall. The ground of the interior is raised above the surrounding ground.
Visited by RCAHMS (IFr), 10 July 1996.
