Old Parish Church, Kincardine O'Neil

Old Parish Church, Kincardine O'Neil (Aberdeenshire)

Visited December 2015

The old parish church (or Old Kirk) in the village of Kincardine O'Neil on Deeside in north-east Scotland dates from the 14th Century, possibly on the site of an earlier church. The building is now ruined, after it went out of use due to a new church being built in 1862. There is also the outline of a hospital dating from the 14th Century which was demolished while the church was still in use. The road cuts through the foundations of this.

Despite being an ancient building, most of the gravestones in the surrounding churchyard date from the mid 19th Century onwards, including a modern extension. They are mostly plain stones with inscriptions, although here and there, mainly on the flat gravestones, there are some momento-mori skulls and the like. It's worth a short visit if you're in the area, but I wouldn't come here specially to see it!