What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cluny, Old Churchyard, St Machar's Church as Church (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Machar's Church in Cluny is associated with St Machar, a 6th-century Irish saint and cousin of St Columba, who is said to have founded a monastic site in the area. The church and its old churchyard are linked to early Christian traditions in northern Scotland, though specific local cures or folklore connected to the site are not well documented.
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Places near here
Cluny Parish ChurchChurch (18th Century) (1789), Churchyard (post Medieval), Hall (20th Century) · 122 yd
Cluny War MemorialMemorial · 131 yd
Cluny Castle, West LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 138 yd
Birkie Wood, Sand PitSand and Gravel Workings (period Unassigned) · 894 yd
Ordhead WoodRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
Monymusk War MemorialMemorial · 1.7 mi
Monymusk HouseCountry House (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century) · 1.8 mi
Castle Fraser Stone circleArchaeological place · 1.9 mi
Greenbogs WoodForest · 2.2 mi
Bogmore WoodForest · 2.6 mi
White HillMountain / peak · 2.9 mi
Pitfichie HillMountain / peak · 3.1 mi