Mortlach Parish Kirk
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Mortlach Parish Kirk
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 25 Aug 2019
Mortlach Kirk has been a site of Christian worship since St Moluag came to Scotland from Ireland in about 566 AD. In 1010 the then kirk was extended by three spears' lengths by King Malcolm II, in fulfilment of a vow made on the eve of the Battle of Mortlach against the Danes. He also erected Mortlach into a bishoprice, which lasted until 1124 when King David I translated it to Aberdeen. The building has been greatly altered ("georgianised and then re-mediaevalised .... in an altogether more restrained and ecclesiologically 'correct' manner" according to 'The Buildings of Scotland') several times since then.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.438698
Longitude
-3.128227