Building record MAB39120 - PERT OLD PARISH CHURCH

Remains of a church, and a graveyard still in use.

Remains of a church, and a graveyard still in use. The church probably dates from the 13th Century, although it was significantly rebuilt and altered in the 15th Century and later. The Pert parish was combined with Logie in either 1610 or 1615, although the church was not abandoned until 1775.

The church is rectangular in plan measuring 43 feet by 19 feet (13 metres by 6 metres) internally and stands to wall height at each gable end. There are two narrow lancet windows with pointed arches in the east gable, and one in the west. There is a skew putt on the east gable incised with a hammer and circular mark. A belfry on the west gable bears the date 1676. There are blocked doors in the north and south walls with square lintels and rounded shoulders.

The church is in the northwest corner of the graveyard, which has a part retaining rubble-built wall. There are gravestones from the 17th Century onwards, including an Adam and Eve stone to John Presiack and a Buchanan Stone with a bas relief of Death and a crowned angel blowing a serpentine trumpet.

A/57103, A/57103 (Photograph). SAB27647.

AN/4416, AN/4416 (Photograph). SAB28263.

AN/4417, AN/4417 (Photograph). SAB27648.

AN/4418, AN/4418 (Photograph). SAB28057.

AN/4419, AN/4419 (Photograph). SAB28058.

AN/4420, AN/4420 (Photograph). SAB28059.

AN/5323, AN/5323 (Photograph). SAB28264.

JERVISE, A, 1879, EPITAPHS & INSCRIPTIONS,VOL 2, Vol. 1, 210-12 (Bibliographic reference). SAB889.

WARDEN, A. J., 1880-85, ANGUS OR FORFARSHIRE: THE LAND & PEOPLE, Vol. 4, 232-4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2086.

MACGIBBON, T, 1896, ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND 1, Vol. 3, 458-9 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1141.

Christison, D, 1902, Proc Soc Antiq Scot 36, 303-17 (Bibliographic reference). SAB9004.

CHRISTISON, D, 1902, THE CARVINGS AND INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KIRKYARD MONUMENTS OF THE SCOTTISH LOWLANDS; IN PSAS 36 (1901-2), 280-463, pp.303-317 (Bibliographic reference). SAB6696.

Gilruth, J D, 1937, Trans Scot Eccles Soc 12 1, 54 (Bibliographic reference). SAB11750.

COWAN, IB, 1967, THE PARISHES OF MED SCOT, 163 (Bibliographic reference). SAB242.

RCAHMS, 1984, [Untitled], 11, No. 38 (Bibliographic reference). SAB9490.

Atkinson, N K, 1991, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 70 (Bibliographic reference). SAB10965.

May 20 2008 , DG 8898-8910, DG 8898-8910 (Ground Photograph). SAB30056.

Author unknown, n.d., NSA, Vol. 11, (Forfar) 263 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1269.

Record last edited

Jul 23 2026 6:55PM