Location
Kinkell Church, north wall slightly west of sacrament house
Port Elphinstone, Inverurie
OS Map Reference
NJ 785 19
Date
1525
Description
Bronze metal panel built into the north wall of Kinkell Church, showing the crucifixion, a figure of the Virgin Mary and an Angel.
This is a replica of the original of 1525, which was lost. It bears the initials of Alexander Galloway, Rector of Kinkell
Related Information
The old kirk was built in 1538 on the probable site of an earlier kirk, and dedicated to St. Michael. It was unroofed circa 1771. The kirk was probably built by Alexander Galloway, Parson of Kinkell and architect of the Bridge of Dee in Aberdeen: his initials occur three times on a religious sculpture on the N. internal wall. The date 1525 and his initials can just be read on the fine sacrament house of 1524. The sacrament house is now weathering though the fine sandstone details can still be discerned. The kirk was lit by the enormous E. window of which only one side remains. This fragment shows an well-moulded and complex mullion with a weathered angel's head terminal. The other fine examples of religious sculpture that once graced St. Michael's can reputedly be found within various kirks in the area. There are a number of stones within the kirk that obviously once belonged to the great window.
Other tombstones : There are 8 recumbent stones,
one of which is particularly well decorated with an angel holding sickles, with approximately 43 upright tombstones from the 17th - to the 19th- century.
Era
1500s
Related Artefacts
Categories
Iconography
- angel or winged figure
- cross, Roman
- religious figure
Photographer
- Michael Watt
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