Location
Situated in Glentanar and reached most easily from the Braeloine Bridge & Centre where there is public carpark. Not to be confused with St. Lesmo’s Old Kirk at NO 476 983 in the same parish.
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NO 479 960
Description
Church; 19thC; built over the ruins of the little mansion of the Lairds of Braeloine. The west extension of the church incorporates an arch and to the north a small bell-tower from this 17th C building. Still in use as a church. To the south of it a small farmstead called Braeloine, consisting of three buildings, is depicted on the OS map of 1867 but not on the 1888 edition.
Related Information
The design of the graveslab to the left of the picture is obviously a modern derivation from the Pictish Kinord Cross see related artefacts.
Era
1800s
Related Artefacts
Categories
Iconography
- cross, Celtic
Photographer
- Jim Henderson
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