Building record MAB6009 - ROTHES GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY, BURNSIDE STREET, ROTHES

Graveyard and site of old parish church.

Graveyard and site of old parish church. It was noted in 1924 that traces of the post-Reformation church were to be seen in the graveyard. The tombstone of Mr James Leslie, parson of Rothes in 1576, is built into one of the enclosed tombs. It is said to have come from the earlier church site at Chapel Hill. OS in 1969 found no trace of the church, but a memorial slab beside the 1576 tombstone, in the burial enclosure of the Leslies states that the enclosure is built at the east end of the 'first church at Rothes'. The church may have been pre-Reformation because of its proximity to the castle (NJ24NE0003) and Minister's or St. Lawrence's well (NJ24NE0017). The 1576 grave slab may have been found near this spot rather than transported to it. The burial area has been extended in the 20th Century with new cemeteries added to the north and northwest. There are 12 Commonwealth war graves across the site of the First and Second World Wars. Monumental inscriptions within the graveyard were recorded by the Moray Burial Ground Research Group in 2009-10.

MORAY BURIAL GROUND RESEARCH GROUP, 2011, MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: ROTHES CHURCHYARD AND CEMETERY AND OTHER LOCAL MEMORIALS (Bibliographic reference). SAB7658.

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Jan 18 2024 2:35PM