Building record MAB9248 - ST FINNAN'S CHURCH, MIGVIE
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Summary
Church, built on site of earlier church, and associated historic graveyard.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 9437
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 4367 0682 (69m by 46m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ40NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Logie Coldstone |
Type and Period (7)
- CHURCH (Early Medieval to Modern - 400 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHURCH (Early Medieval to Modern - 400 AD to 2050 AD)
- CROSS (Early Medieval to Modern - 400 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHURCHYARD (Early Medieval to Modern - 400 AD to 2050 AD)
- Graveyard (Early Medieval to Modern - 400 AD to 2050 AD)
- EFFIGY (Early Medieval to Modern - 400 AD to 2050 AD)
- GRAVE MARKER (Early Medieval to Modern - 400 AD to 2050 AD)
Full Description
Church, built on site of earlier church, and associated historic graveyard. The original church on this site was dedicated to St Finan, one of the early Celtic missionaries in circa 7th century AD. A later church was granted to the prior of St Andrews in the late 12th century AD. All that remains of the earlier building is a slight mound with some grass-covered footings. The present church dates from around 1770 (1777 according to the Listing description) and was a small 3-bay rectangular plan gabled church, built of squared granite courses with grey slate roof. It was used as an ecclesiastical building until 1979, but then gradually fell into disrepair. The present owner of Tillypronie House has restored the building and has commissioned local artists and craftspeople to refurbish the building with wood and stone carvings, painted panels and stained glass windows with themes relating to the Pictish stones found nearby and Celtic works. Also now within the church stands the Tom-a-char stone (NJ40NW0007) that originally stood at Tillypronie House. A grave marker, comprising of a Christian cross surrounded by four sets of linear figures, found within the graveyard, is also now inside the church, along with a small stone fragment with two pairs of Pictish legs, which was said to have been found in a dyke on the Tillypronie Estate. Another symbol stone, the Migvie Stone (NJ40NW0002), stands in the graveyard. The graveyard, a rubble walled enclosure with cast iron gates, consists of a rectangular area of raised ground: it contains numerous gravestones of 18th and 19th century date. A cup-marked stone, formerly located at the farmstead to the south is now located within the graveyard at the south-east side (NJ40NW0003).
Period Notes
Built c.1780.
Listed 16/04/1971.
JERVISE, A, 1864, PSAS 5(1862-4) 304-306, 306 (Bibliographic reference). SAB893.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No56 (1866) 60 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
JERVISE, A, 1879, EPITAPHS & INSCRIPTIONS,VOL 2, 269-71 (Bibliographic reference). SAB889.
MACKINLAY, JM, 1914, ANCEINT CHURCH DEDICAT.SCOT., 84 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1210.
SCOTT, H, 1950, FASTI ECCLES SCOT, 543 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1806.
Feb 1 2002 , AAS/GR/02/CT17, AAS/GR/02/CT17 (Ground Photograph). SAB33163.
Oct 15 2014 , AAS-GR-14-10-084 - 102, AAS-GR-14-10-084 - 102 (Ground Photograph). SAB35358.
Oct 16 2002 , GR/02/CT426-429, GR/02/CT426-429 (Ground Photograph). SAB36971.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HAMP Asset: HA0334;
- HAMP Asset: HA0335;
- HES Listed Building Number: 9437;
- Local Government Guardianship;
- NMR Card Number: NJ40NW2;
- NRHE Numlink: 16994;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ40NW0042;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB9437 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/16994 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (8)
- --- SAB1210 Bibliographic reference: MACKINLAY, JM. 1914. ANCEINT CHURCH DEDICAT.SCOT.. 84.
- --- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. No56 (1866) 60.
- --- SAB1806 Bibliographic reference: SCOTT, H. 1950. FASTI ECCLES SCOT. Y. 543.
- --- SAB33163 Ground Photograph: Feb 1 2002 . AAS/GR/02/CT17. Colour Transparency. AAS/GR/02/CT17.
- --- SAB35358 Ground Photograph: Oct 15 2014 . AAS-GR-14-10-084 - 102. Digital. AAS-GR-14-10-084 - 102.
- --- SAB36971 Ground Photograph: Oct 16 2002 . GR/02/CT426-429. Colour Transparency. GR/02/CT426-429.
- --- SAB889 Bibliographic reference: JERVISE, A. 1879. EPITAPHS & INSCRIPTIONS,VOL 2. N. 269-71.
- --- SAB893 Bibliographic reference: JERVISE, A. 1864. PSAS 5(1862-4) 304-306. 306.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Record last edited
Feb 26 2025 1:54PM
