Site of the Leslie chapel
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Site of the Leslie chapel
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 3 Mar 2019
The chapel, now not much more than a heap of stones but on a very evocative site (the outer wall is modern) was erected some time after 1420 to commemorate the death of Andrew Leslie (or Lesley), 3rd baron of Balquhain, who was killed at or near the site on 22 January 1420 in a pitched battle with a neighbouring warlord. Leslie is described as "a turbulent baron and of very loose morals" by his descendant Colonel Leslie, 26th Baron of Balquhain (Historical Records of the Family of Leslie, 1067 to 1868-9, page 3, available as a free download from Google books). The Canmore record 18986 (https://canmore.org.uk/site/18986/broadsea ) notes the small size of the chapel (7.8 m x 4.1 m), which was intended for a single priest to say masses to the dead "in all time coming". After the Reformation it may have served as a parish kirk before Chapel of Garioch was built about 3km to the north.
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