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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KINKELL CHURCH (Ruins of) | Church [Ruins of] Church [Ruins of] Church [Ruins of] |
Revd. [Reverend] John Keith Keith Hall Mr. William Ironside, Ground Officer Keith Hall Mr. William Partridge, Ardmurdo |
055 | "The following account of this church is given by a writer in "Notes and Queries" The Church itself is in a state of utter ruin. Only the north wall remains. Towards the west end a building like out-house has been put up over a burial place of some persons named Gordon. The west window, the broken mouldings of which are evidently early Third Pointed work, is almost entirely destroyed. In the north wall, adjoining the ancient sanctuary, is a most remarkable Tabernacle, I should imagine, almost unique. It was not simply an Easter Sepulchre, but a permanet receptacle for the Holy Sacrament. It consists of aumbrye or deep rectangular recess in the wall, on either side of which, as well as above and below are a series of sculptured ornaments. The bass-relief above is altogether gone. No traces of it or its subject remain. But two crocketed finials on either side, of a close grained freestone, are almost perfect. Below are the remains of what was evidently the sculptured representation of an ostensorium or monstrance, for the Blessed Sacrament, with adoring angels on either side, and underneath is some boldly sculptured foliage with a shield in its centre, charged with a lion rampant crowned. A label on either side of the recess contains the following legend:- HIC EST SUTUM CORPS DE UGIE NATUM: (Hic est servatum Corpus de Virgine natum - Here is reserved that Body which was born of the Virgin Mary.) The letters A.G. occur twice, once disjoined, and again united by a Knote into a monogram. So, too, the device of a rose. The date "A.D. 1528" also remains, as well as the inscription "memorare" on a label below. Secondly there is an incised slab, two-thirds of which only now remain, representing a Knight in armour. The figure is very similar to that of Sir Thomas Massingberde, represented in Mr. Boutell's Monumental Brasses (London: Bell and Daldy.) Upon the surcoat and on a shield above the figure are represented the following arms: A cheveron between two water bougets in chief, and a hunter's horn in base. That part of the inscription which remains runs as follows: Hic jacet nobilis armiger Gilbertus de Gr--------- Anno Domini M.CCCC.XI. [1411] But the most curious object of interest is a bas-relief, in a more westerly portion of the north wall, evidently of the same age and workmanship as the tabernacle. It appears to be a representation of Christian worship, and [Continued p. 42] |
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[Page] 41Parish of Keith-Hall and Kinkell
Transcriber's notes
There is a mis-spelling of 'permanent' in line 12 of the descriptive remarks.I had difficulty in deciphering the date towards the end of the page - whether it was MCCCCXL, or MCCCCXI. The Battle of Harlaw was fought in 1411, and Gilbert de Greenlaw is recorded as having been killed there. I therefore transcribed '1411'. In the subsequent narrative, Gilbert is called Gilbert Graham of the Forbes clan. I have never seen this mentioned in local history writings.
Davidson 'Inverurie & the Earldom of the Garioch' 1878
Marren 'Grampian Battlefields' 1990
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