St Kane's Kirk, New Deer (I)
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St Kane's Kirk, New Deer (I)
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 2 Apr 2016
New Deer was established as a model village in ca. 1805 and a church was an essential building. The parish kirk dedicated to St Kane in Tudor style was designed by Aberdeen architect John Smith, although construction of the tower was delayed by some 25 years. St Kane is an enigmatic figure but it is proposed that he left Old Deer monastery located a few kilometres to the east to set up a hermitage (later a chapel) near the site of this church.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.51223
Longitude
-2.191765