1759 gravestone, Kineff Old Kirk, Aberdeenshire

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Kineff Old Kirk, Aberdeenshire.

An excellent example of a substantial T-plan Scottish kirk, it was largely rebuilt in 1738 and the north aisle added in 1876. The earlier church was most notable for having been the hiding place for the Honours of Scotland, the crown, sceptre and sword, that were smuggled out of Dunnottar Castle during Cromwell’s seige of 1651. James Crainger, the minister, hid the crown and sceptre beneath a stone in front of the pulpit and the sword at the west end of the church; he and his wife dug up the Regalia at night once every three months in order to air them. Crainger’s monument, with a suitably heroic inscription, is on the west wall.

Canmore ID 36823

NO 85542 74895