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Kinkell Church Inverurie wtn1282jhp Kinkell Church ruined roofless stonewalls River Don Donside Aberdeenshire Scotland early Church dating from 1400’s located near Inverurie and accessed from Keith Hall road in Aberdeenshire north west of Aberdeen City in the North East of Scotland. Famous for its elaborate Sacrament House on the north wall in form of Greek cross with housing for consecrated host, attributed to the Alexander Galloway, Vicar in 1524. Also has distinctive graveslab with carving of armoured knight Gilbert de Greenlaw, killed at battle of Harlaw in 1411 and later reused by a Forbes in 1592. It was unroofed in 1771 and now charming ruin on the northern banks of the River Don. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Donside, Kinkell, Church, ruin, landscape, Keith, Hall, Inverurie, road, countryside, rural, River, Don, spring, stonewalls, gravestones, cemetery, trees, blue, sky, white, clouds, sunny, sunshine, green, grass, Sacrament, House, Greek, cross, consecrated, host, Galloway, vicar, graveslab, Greenlaw, knight, killed, Harlaw, Battle, carving
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Kinkell Church ruined roofless stonewalls River Don Donside Aberdeenshire Scotland

early Church dating from 1400’s located near Inverurie and accessed from Keith Hall road in Aberdeenshire north west of Aberdeen City in the North East of Scotland. Famous for its elaborate Sacrament House on the north wall in form of Greek cross with housing for consecrated host, attributed to the Alexander Galloway, Vicar in 1524. Also has distinctive graveslab with carving of armoured knight Gilbert de Greenlaw, killed at battle of Harlaw in 1411 and later reused by a Forbes in 1592. It was unroofed in 1771 and now charming ruin on the northern banks of the River Don.
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