
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Insch, Commerce Street, St Drostan's Episcopal Church as Church (19th Century) (1894). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Drostan's Episcopal Church in Insch is associated with St Drostan, a 6th-century Pictish monk and saint, traditionally linked to the founding of a monastery at Insch. Local tradition holds that St Drostan was a hermit who lived in the area and was known for his healing miracles, particularly for curing eye ailments.
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Places near here
InschArrowhead(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 56 yd
Insch, Commerce Street, Community CentreCommunity Centre (modern), Hall (period Unassigned) · 169 yd
Insch, High Street, Masonic HallMasonic Hall (period Unassigned) · 355 yd
Insch Railway Station, Signal BoxSignal Box (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 488 yd
Insch, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 747 yd
Dunnideer CastleCastle · 1.1 mi
Leslie CastleGarden (period Unassigned), Linear Feature (period Unassigned), Moated Site (medieval), Pit(s) (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) (1661) · 2.7 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.9 mi
Snipefield WoodsForest · 3.3 mi
Watch CraigMountain / peak · 3.8 mi
Black HillMountain / peak · 3.8 mi
Priests' WoodForest · 4.5 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0