Building record MAB4278 - DOWNAN, BRIDGE OF LIVET CHURCHYARD
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Summary
Graveyard and site of a chapel.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 1949 2995 (98m by 60m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ12NE |
| Authority | Moray |
| Civil Parish | Inveravon |
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Graveyard and site of a chapel. No trace of the Chapel of Dounan / Downan, a pre-Reformation chapel, remains but its graveyard has been enlarged and is still in use. Sources indicate that the walls of the chapel were upstanding in the late 18th century (1794) but had been destroyed by 1869. Later gravestones probably cover the chapel site. OS site visit in 1966 found no visible trace of the chapel. According to local tradition, a small cross-inscribed stone that lies near the chapel, marked the burial place of some of those killed in the Battle of Glenlivet (NJ22NW0003), which was fought near this site in 1594. Other unmarked headstones are said to commemorate those who fell in the battle including Sir Lachlan MacLean of Glenlivet / Duart. Monumental inscriptions within the graveyard have been recorded by the Moray Burial Ground Research Group.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, (1869) 151 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
EELES, FC, 1910, UNDESCRIBED SCULPTURED STONES AND CROSSES .... PSAS 44, 354-372, p.363 (Bibliographic reference). SAB489.
PECK, EH, 1983, AVONSIDE EXPLORED: A GUIDE TO TOMINTOUL AND GLENLIVET, p.18, 34 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1489.
MORAY BURIAL GROUND RESEARCH GROUP, 2003, NEWSLETTER, Issue 9 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5098.
MORAY BURIAL GROUND RESEARCH GROUP, 2007, MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: DOWNAN AND BUITERNACH BURIAL GROUNDS, BALLINDALLOCH WAR MEMORIAL AND GLENRINNES BURIAL GROUND (Bibliographic reference). SAB7642.
Author unknown, n.d., NSA, No13(1794) 36 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1269.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: MOR;
- Local Government Guardianship;
- NMR Card Number: NJ12NE1;
- NRHE Numlink: 15963;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ12NE0001;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/15963 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SAB1269 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. NSA. No13(1794) 36.
- --- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. (1869) 151.
- --- SAB1489 Bibliographic reference: PECK, EH. 1983. AVONSIDE EXPLORED: A GUIDE TO TOMINTOUL AND GLENLIVET. p.18, 34.
- --- SAB489 Bibliographic reference: EELES, FC. 1910. UNDESCRIBED SCULPTURED STONES AND CROSSES .... PSAS 44, 354-372. p.363.
- --- SAB5098 Bibliographic reference: MORAY BURIAL GROUND RESEARCH GROUP. 2003. NEWSLETTER. Issue 9.
- --- SAB7642 Bibliographic reference: MORAY BURIAL GROUND RESEARCH GROUP. 2007. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: DOWNAN AND BUITERNACH BURIAL GROUNDS, BALLINDALLOCH WAR MEMORIAL AND GLENRINNES BURIAL GROUND.
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Record last edited
Sep 5 2025 10:36AM
