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Keithhall, Old Parish Church
Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Site Name Keithhall, Old Parish Church
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Monkeigie; Monkwgie; Monkeggie; Monkegie
Canmore ID 18915
Site Number NJ72SE 42
NGR NJ 79740 21280
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18915
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Keithhall And Kinkell
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SE 42 7974 2128
For present parish church of Keithhall and Kinkell (NJ 8020 2100), see NJ82SW 50.00.
(NJ 7974 2128) Church (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1928)
Only the foundations of the old kirk of Monkeigie, alias Keith Hall, are traceable in the burial-yard. The church is mentioned in a charter of about 1175 and in a deed of 1481. The present church (at NJ 8020 2196) was built in 1771.
A Jervise 1875-9.
The parishes of Kinkell and Keithhall (formerly Monkeggie) were united on 20 February 1754.
H Scott 1915-61.
At NJ 7973 2128, there is a level platform, 0.7m high to the east and tapering into the natural slope to the west, which may be the foundations of the old kirk.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 19 March 1964.
