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Coldstone Churchyard, churchyard to former St Neachtan's Church, Kirk Hill

A Category B Listed Building in Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.1382 / 57°8'17"N

Longitude: -2.9395 / 2°56'22"W

OS Eastings: 343235

OS Northings: 805651

OS Grid: NJ432056

Mapcode National: GBR WK.492T

Mapcode Global: WH7N1.TVD3

Plus Code: 9C9V43Q6+75

Entry Name: Coldstone Churchyard, churchyard to former St Neachtan's Church, Kirk Hill

Listing Name: Coldstone Churchyard

Listing Date: 25 November 1980

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 341708

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB9436

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kirk Hill, St Neachtan's Church

ID on this website: 200341708

Location: Logie-Coldstone

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

Parish: Logie-Coldstone

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

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Description

Rubble-walled enclosure with cast-iron gates. Typical ancient burial ground terraced into side of Kirk Hill, consisting of rectangular area of raised ground enclosed by low wall to create higher ground level within ? retaining wall collapsed in part to S. Burial ground was formerly hub of Coldstone parish prior to amalgamation with Logie parish in late 18th century to from present Logie Coldstone parish centred upon Newkirk, which is equidistant between 2 ancient burial grounds of Logie and Coldstone.

Site contains numerous gravestones from 18th and 19th centuries ? earliest legible gravestone dated 1748. Antiquity of site is suggested by Coldstone Cross (Scheduled Monument), a recumbent stone to centre of enclosure.

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