Nevay Church is a ruined 16th century parish church located near the village of

Kirkinch Kirkinch, meaning 'kirk (church) on the island' in Scots and Gaelic, is a small village in Angus, Scotland.United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, Landranger (2005) The 'island' is the knoll on which remains of the medieval church of the parish of ...

in Angus, Scotland. Originally dedicated to St Neveth, a church has been recorded at this site since the 14th century. The building and surrounding cemetery are designated a scheduled

Ancient Monument In British law, an ancient monument is an early historical structure or monument (e.g. an archaeological site) worthy of preservation and study due to archaeological or heritage interest. The ''Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 ...

. Nevay church was abandoned in 1835 when a newer church was built to serve both the

Eassie Eassie is a village located along the A94 road in Angus, Scotland. The church in Eassie is dedicated to Saint Fergus, a monk who worked at nearby Glamis. Eassie is noted for the presence of the Eassie Stone, a carved Pictish stone. Other notab ...

and Nevay Parishes.

Description

The church is located near the village of Kirkinch, Angus, east of the Kirkinch Burn. It stands on a raised oval platform and is surrounded by a walled cemetery. Nevay Church is rectangular in design, measuring x . Inside the church, adjacent to the north and south walls are several stone artefacts including gravestones and masonry rubble. The church was constructed in coursed rubble of red and grey

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...

. The gables remain at their original height, and the north and south walls range in height from to . A round-headed arched doorway and small arched window in the west gable may medieval in origin, possibly brought from another location. The south wall contains two doorways now blocked by gravestones. There is a surviving small window set between the two blocked doors.

History

The church of Nevay (dedicated to St Neveth) is on record in the 14th century, and the adjoining burial ground dates to the medieval era. The present structure was built in the late 16th century. The parish of Nevay joined with the parish of Eassie to become one parish in 1660. The lintel of one of the doorwways is engraved with the date 1695. A gravestone built into the church's walls is dated 1597. Around 1835, a new church named the Eassie and Nevay Parish Church was built near the village of Nevay. The old Nevay church was abandoned soon after. The remains of Nevay Church were designated a scheduled monument in 1971 and the surrounding cemetery was added in 2017. The monument consists of the remains of Nevay Church and its burial grounds, excluding the boundary walls.

References

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