Cemetery (Marnoch)
The cemetery of Marnock is the cemetery of the hamlet Marnoch in the Scottish Council Area Aberdeenshire . In 1972 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
There was a church consecrated to Saint Marnock at the site, one of the gable ends of which has been preserved to this day. In 1792 it became obsolete with the construction of today's Marnoch Old Parish Church . The cemetery was laid out in the 17th century and expanded in the following centuries. In 1831 a guard house was built.
As tradition says that Saint Marnock is buried in the cemetery, pilgrims came to the church until the 16th century.
description
The cemetery is on the left bank of the Deveron, south of the Marnoch Old Parish Church. A quarry stone wall surrounds the cemetery. The slate-roofed guardhouse has an L-shaped floor plan.
In the cemetery there are four family monuments, some of them on separate compartments. On the 1699 furnished Meldrum Enclosure is a baroque configured shrine from the year 1699. It is equipped with Corinthian worked columns and broken pediment. The sandstone monument is probably the work of John Faid .
In 1707, the monument was built in memory of the local clergyman Hugo Chalmers on the east gable of the church. It is decorated with a memorial plaque, Doric columns and a broken gable. The Innes of Murrayford Enclosure , built in 1780, is classically designed. A quarry stone wall with a granite cap at the end encompasses the free-standing monument of the Grant Enclosure . A wrought iron gate leads to the compartment.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Marnoch Old Parish Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Marnoch Old Parish Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 32 ′ 16.7 " N , 2 ° 40 ′ 40.8" W.