1680 gravestone Dunnottar Kirk, Stonehaven3D Model
St Bridget’s or Dunnottar Kirk, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Gravestone to Isobel Middleton inscribed; ‘HERE LYES ANE HONEST AND VIRTUOUS WOMAN ISOBEL MIDELLTOUN SPOUS TO DAVID WALLKER IN CARMIN WHO BEING 38 YEARS OF AGE DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN PEACE THE 10 DAY SEPTEMBER ANN0 1680’
Dunnottar parish church historical notes state that the earliest church at Dunnottar was built in the 5th century on the present site of Dunnottar House gardens. The second was consecrated on Castle Rock (Dunnottar Castle) in 1276, but was burned by Wallace in 1297. A new church was built from 1297-8 on the present site of Dunnottar church and was dedicated to St Bridget and consecrated in 1387. The church was rebuilt in 1593. In 1782-86 a new church was built on the site of the old church.
Canmore ID 242043 and Canmore ID 36893
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