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Nevay Church is a medieval church and burial ground situated in Kirkinch, Angus, in the east-central Lowlands of Scotland. The monument occupies land underlain by the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a Pragian-period sandstone formation interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone deposits that have shaped the local geology for over 400 million years. This stable bedrock has provided a secure foundation for the sacred site across the centuries.
The church represents the spiritual focus of a medieval parish community whose members were interred in the surrounding burial ground. Medieval parish churches of this type served as both places of worship and repositories for the dead, anchoring the Christian life of the locality and its hinterland. The site's longevity demonstrates the continuity of religious practice in the Angus landscape.
Nevay Church and its burial ground are protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3002, recognising their historical and archaeological significance. The site contributes to our understanding of medieval religious settlement patterns and parochial organisation in lowland Scotland.
Nevay Church, church and burial ground, Kirkinch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3002. View the official record →
Nevay Church is a medieval church and burial ground situated in Kirkinch, Angus, in the east-central Lowlands of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3002.
Nevay Church, church and burial ground, Kirkinch dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a church and burial ground, kirkinch. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Nevay Church, church and burial ground, Kirkinch 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 SM3002.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High Keillor, symbol stone and cairn, 280m NW of (5.8 km), Souterrains, 162m W of Westwood (6.2 km), Unenclosed settlement 300m SW of Westwood (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Nevay Church, church and burial ground, Kirkinch'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.
Nevay Church, church and burial ground, Kirkinch stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.