Church Of Macallan And Burial Ground With Elchies Mausoleum

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 09/11/1987 Supplementary Information Updated 08/06/2021 Local Authority Moray Planning Authority Moray Parish Knockando NGR NJ 27893 44269 Coordinates 327893, 844269 — Square rubble walled burial ground with 18th and 19th century tombstones. Some fragments, including portion of rubble west gable, of small church. MAUSOLEUM: 1715. Square mausoleum with symmetrical polished ashlar west frontage and harl pointed rubble flanks. Centre door with blind panel above and flanking windows set high with lintels just below eaves cornice level. Moulded and beaded architraves; moulded eaves cornice. Heavy boulder footings; graded pyramidal local slate roof. INTERIOR: rubble walled, the centre of rear (east) wall filled with carved sandstone mural monument dated 1715 (possibly by John Faid of Elgin). Entablature supported by engaged columns with composite capitals carved with flowers; entablature decorated with undercut ribbon moulding in fine condition and modillions with stylised foliage and flowers. Long latin inscription below carved skull and bones, with reclining skeleton carved in relief on dado flanked by crossed bones. Empty vault closed with blocks of ashlar in centre of mausoleum floor. — The remains of the church are thought to be late Medieval but may also contain much earlier fabric as there are records of funds collected from Elchies Church in the 14th century. The parish of Elchies was first united with Knockando Parish in the mid-16th century. However, there were several subsequent name changes and several earlier 17th century maps name the church as both Elchys or Elchies. By the time of the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map (1870) the site is named Church of Macallan . The mausoleum was erected for John Grant, of (Easter) Elchies, who died in 171

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.