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Kirkton Of Tough, Tough Parish Church
Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Church (19th Century) (1838), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Kirkton Of Tough, Tough Parish Church
Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Church (19th Century) (1838), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tulich; Lyne Burn; War Memorial Rollof Honour
Canmore ID 112947
Site Number NJ61SW 25
NGR NJ 61496 12981
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112947
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tough
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Tough Parish Church, 1838, John Smith. Very simple but effective treatment of rough granite rectangle, dignified particularly by four slender round-arched windows on east flank and a north gable gently elaborated by projecting centre and spiky bellcote. Interior largely original with marble tablets to Farquharsons of Whitehouse from 1838 onwards. Simple iron and granite mortsafe in kirkyard.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ61SW 25 61496 12981
The church of Tough was dedicated to the Nine Maidens of St Donald. In 1832 the Commissioners of Teinds united the parishes of Tough and Keig. They were severed again on 5 February 1834.
H Scott 1915-61.
1838.
G Hay 1957.
The parish church and burial-ground of Tough lie on a SW-facing slope on the W side of the Lyne Burn. The burial-ground is an irregular shape on plan, and is enclosed by a rubble and mortar wall, beyond which the ground drops steeply on the E and SE towards the burn. On the SE, where the slope is steepest, the difference in level between the interior of the burial-ground and exterior is up to 1m. A modern extension to the burial-ground has been added to the NE.
There are no visible remains of the predecessor of the present 19th century church, which stands in the upper, SW, end of the graveyard. The enclosure has been extended here and terraced into the slope to accommodate the church. The burial-ground contains many 19th and 20th century headstones, and a number of ledger stones of the 18th and 19th centuries. The oldest legible monument is a headstone dated 1724, which is propped against the N wall.
A mortsafe lies against the W wall of the burial-ground, comprising a tapering cage of riveted iron bars, to each end of which is fastened a roughly shaped granite block. It measures 2.5m in overall length by 0.65m in maximum breadth and 0.37m in height. Built into the wall immediately above this is a stone, 0.44m long by 0.16m high, which bears the date 1732 in incised characters within a rectangular frame.
Visited by RCAHMS (IF), 6 August 1996.
Field Visit (6 August 1996)
The parish church and graveyard of Tough lie on a sloping site on the W side of the Lyne Burn. The graveyard, which slopes from SW to NE, is irregular in plan, and is enclosed by a rubble and mortar wall, beyond which on the E and SE the ground drops steeply towards the burn. On the SE, where the slope is steepest, the difference in level between the interior and exterior of the enclosure is up to about 1.0m. A modern extension to the burial ground has been added to the NE.
There are no visible remains of the predecessor of the present nineteenth century building which stands in the upper, SW end of the graveyard. The enclosure has been extended here and terraced into the slope to accomodate the church. The graveyard contains many nineteenth and twentieth century headstones, and a number of ledger stones of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The oldest legible monument is a headstone, dated 1724, propped against the N wall.
Lying against the W wall of the graveyard is a mortsafe, comprising a tapering iron cage of riveted iron bars, to each end of which is fastened a roughly shaped granite block, the whole measuring overall 2.5m in length, 0.65m in maximum breadth, and 0.37m in height. Built into the wall immediately above this is a stone, 0.44m long by 0.16m high, which bears the date 1732 in incised characters, within a rectangular frame.
Visited by RCAHMS (IF), 6 August 1996.
