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Forbes Church and burial ground is an ancient monument located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, comprising the remains of a medieval parish church and its associated graveyard. The church dates to the medieval period, reflecting the ecclesiastical development of rural Aberdeenshire during the Middle Ages. The site represents an important local centre of Christian worship and community burial practice, with the physical remains including structural elements typical of medieval Scottish parish churches. The burial ground continues to document the settlement patterns and social organization of the medieval and post-medieval landscape in the region.
Forbes Church and burial ground is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11011. View the official record →
Forbes Church and burial ground is an ancient monument located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, comprising the remains of a medieval parish church and its associated graveyard. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11011.
Forbes Church and burial ground is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM11011.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Asloun Castle (3.1 km), Cairn Head, cairn (4.2 km), Pitprone, two hut circles 240m NNW of (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Forbes Church and burial ground's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Forbes Church and burial ground stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.