Edzell Old Church and Lindsay Burial Aisle, 465m SSW of Edzell Castle

Heritage listing

Date Added 28/07/2015 Type Ecclesiastical: burial avile/vault; burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Angus Parish Edzell NGR NO 58265 68704 Coordinates 358265, 768704 Legal Description The monument includes the structure known as the Lindsay burial aisle, the buried remains of the medieval church of Edzell parish and the core of the surrounding burial ground. The medieval church may date from the 13th century, while the Lindsay aisle was added probably to the S side of the existing church nave in the 16th century. A fragment of 9th-century stone sculpture found in the churchyard suggests there may have been an ecclesiastical site here from the early Christian period, as does the site's traditional association with St Drostan. The monument is situated about 100m NE of the West Water at around 60m above sea level. The area to be scheduled is irregular on plan, to include the remains described above and an area around them within which evidence relating to the monument s construction, use and abandonment may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. On the S and E sides, the scheduling extends up to but does not include the boundary walls of the burial ground. The scheduling specifically excludes all burial lairs where rights of burial still exist and all memorial stones that date to after 1800. — The monument includes the structure known as the Lindsay burial aisle, the buried remains of the medieval church of Edzell parish and the core of the surrounding burial ground. The medieval church may have been built in the 13th century, while the Lindsay burial aisle was probably added to the S side of the existing church nave in the 16th century. However, a fragment of 9th-century stone sculpture found in the churchyard suggests there may have been

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.