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Latitude: 57.2653 / 57°15'54"N
Longitude: -2.7344 / 2°44'4"W
OS Eastings: 355799
OS Northings: 819640
OS Grid: NJ557196
Mapcode National: GBR M9MJ.613
Mapcode Global: WH7MK.ZN17
Plus Code: 9C9V7788+46
Entry Name: Bellcote Structure, Tullynessle And Forbes Parish Church Burial Ground
Listing Name: Bellcote of Old Parish Church Set Up Within Churchyard of Parish Church
Listing Date: 16 April 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 349919
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16203
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200349919
Location: Tullynessle and Forbes
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
Parish: Tullynessle And Forbes
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
Tagged with: Church building
Dated 1604, ashlar, bowtell-moulded with gablet and elaborate
finials.
This finely carved early bellcote, dated 1604, is a surviving fragment from the former kirk on the same site. It was probably set up within the Tullynessle Churchyard in 1876 when the present church was built. The pedimented bellcote with ornate finials may have been inspired by similarly ornamented dormer windows at nearby Huntly Castle (added around 1600 - see separate listing) and/or may have been the work of the same stonemason (Information courtesy of a member of the public, 2023).
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