Banff, Church Street, St Mary's Church And Burial-ground

Heritage listing

Date Added 11/04/1997 Supplementary Information Updated 30/07/2018 Type Crosses and carved stones: effigy, Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Aberdeenshire Parish Banff NGR NJ 69054 64047 Coordinates 369054, 864047 — The monument comprises the remains of the old parish church of Banff, dedicated to St Mary, erected in 1471 and demolished in 1797, and its surrounding burial ground. All that remains of the church above ground is the south aisle and part of the north wall, incorporating tombs predating 1797. The south aisle, the burial aisle of the Ogilvy family, is polygonal with a mullioned south window and stone slabbed roof. Although a memorial tablet dates its erection to 1580, the principal tomb that it contains is that of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Dunlugas, who died in 1558. The graveyard has been out of use for more than a century and contains a fine collection of memorials dating from the late sixteenth century to the mid nineteenth. It is enclosed by a low rubble wall and railings. The area to be scheduled comprises the entire burial ground containing the remains of St Mary's church, including the enclosing walls, railings and gates, forming an area extending some 50m E-W by 50m N-S, as shown in red on the accompanying map.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.