Forvie Church (15721)
Condition
| 6 | |
| CHURCH (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned), Pin (Bronze), Spindle Whorl(S), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval) | |
| Medieval | |
| 20839 | |
| NK02NW0001 | |
| Aberdeenshire |
Description
| Remains of Forvie church, also known as Forvie Kirk, dedicated to St Adamnan. It probably dates from the late 12th Century, and intrusive burials suggest that it became ruined in the 15th Century. The floor of the chapel was excavated by a local doctor near the end of the 19th century. Under a stone slab was discovered a clay-built grave containing a human skull, and a piscina was found close by. The walls of this structure were found to be pierced by entrances in the north and south. In the vicinity of the church, the foundations of square huts, built of roughly-shaped stones and red clay, apparently of a medieval period, had been uncovered by workmen draining sheep pastures. This may be the site of the medieval hamlet of Forvie. The ground around the church is disturbed and indeterminate traces of walling can be seen, but no 'square huts' can now be identified. In the Middleton collection are a bronze pin, two spindle whorls and 14th Century pottery which he found in 1953 in a midden to S of church. This is now obscured by sand blow. The fabric of the church was restored to roof height in 1981. |
| As described. |
Location
| 402071.39 | |
| 826619.63 | |
| 27700 | |
| 57.3301109 | |
| -1.9672427 |
Submitted photographs
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17/10/2022 | View looking west | EmilyPayne |
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17/10/2022 | View looking north | EmilyPayne |
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17/10/2022 | View looking east | EmilyPayne |
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17/10/2022 | View looking south | EmilyPayne |
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Submitted updates
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