Kirkton of Culsalmond church
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Kirkton of Culsalmond church
Image: © Martyn Gorman Taken: 7 Apr 2007
The old church of Culsalmond was built in 1791 and abandoned in 1938. The fine bell tower dates from the 17th century. In the kirkyard there is an old mort house and a watch house designed to protect the newly dead from the body snatchers who supplied the anatomy schools in Aberdeen.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.385176
Longitude
-2.583814