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Maryculter House, church and burial ground is a medieval church and burial ground situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Argyll Group, ancient metamorphic rocks of psammite, semipelite and pelite formed during the Neoproterozoic era. This underlying geology of mixed sedimentary materials would have provided a reasonably stable foundation for the substantial stone structures typical of medieval ecclesiastical buildings in the Scottish northeast.
The church and its associated burial ground represent the spiritual and communal centre of the medieval settlement at Maryculter. Such establishments typically served both parish functions and, where monastic or knightly orders were involved, wider regional purposes. The survival of both the church structure and burial ground at this location reflects the enduring importance of the site through successive periods.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled ancient monument under reference SM10831, recognising its significance as a record of medieval religious practice and settlement in Kincardineshire. The preservation of both the ecclesiastical building and burial ground provides valuable evidence of social organisation, religious observance and land use patterns in the medieval period.
Maryculter House, church & burial ground 65m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10831. View the official record →
Maryculter House, church and burial ground is a medieval church and burial ground situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10831.
Maryculter House, church & burial ground 65m NNE of dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a church & burial ground. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Maryculter House, church & burial ground 65m NNE of 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 SM10831.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including East Crossley,field systems and houses 600m NW of (4.3 km), Auchlee Cottage, stone circle 120m NNE of (5.5 km), Auchlee, stone circle 275m NNE of (5.7 km).
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Maryculter House, church & burial ground 65m NNE of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.