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St Fittick's Church is a medieval parish church located near Aberdeen in Kincardineshire, built upon bedrock formed from Argyll Group rocks of Neoproterozoic age. These metamorphic strata—psammite, semipelite and pelite—underlie the Dee valley landscape where the church was constructed. The site is protected as a Scheduled Monument by Historic Environment Scotland.
The church represents an important centre of Christian worship, dedicated to St Fittick, a saint venerated in the northeast of Scotland. Like other parish churches of its period, St Fittick's would have served the spiritual needs of the surrounding agricultural community and been a focal point for social and ceremonial life.
Today the church forms a significant element of the cultural heritage of Kincardineshire, reflecting the long continuity of Christian practice in the region. Its survival and scheduled protection acknowledge both its historical importance and its relationship to the wider landscape and geological setting of the Dee valley.
St Fittick's Church, Aberdeen is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10400. View the official record →
St Fittick's Church is a medieval parish church located near Aberdeen in Kincardineshire, built upon bedrock formed from Argyll Group rocks of Neoproterozoic age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10400.
St Fittick's Church, Aberdeen 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 SM10400.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Balnagask motte, Baxter Place, Aberdeen (0.6 km), Torry Battery, battery 130m ESE of Old South Breakwater (0.7 km), Tullos Cairn, cairn (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of St Fittick's Church, Aberdeen'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.
St Fittick's Church, Aberdeen stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.