Scheduled MonumentsScotlandSt Mary's Chapel and graveyard

St Mary's Chapel and graveyard

Scotland
HES SM10446
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

St Mary's Chapel and graveyard is a medieval religious site located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The chapel represents a modest ecclesiastical structure of the later medieval period, serving as a place of worship and burial for the local community. The associated graveyard demonstrates the site's longstanding function as a burial ground, with the physical remains reflecting patterns of medieval and post-medieval interment practices in rural northeast Scotland. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of small-scale parochial religion in the Aberdeenshire landscape.

St Mary's Chapel and graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10446. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is St Mary's Chapel and graveyard?

St Mary's Chapel and graveyard is a medieval religious site located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10446.

Who is responsible for protecting St Mary's Chapel and graveyard?

St Mary's Chapel and graveyard 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 SM10446.

What other scheduled monuments are near St Mary's Chapel and graveyard?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillhead of Clinterty, hut circle 135m SSW of (2.1 km), Rough's Cairn, consumption dykes (3.4 km), Little Clinterty, standing stone 20m E of (3.6 km).

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