Monymusk Parish Church (also known as the Church of the Blessed Mary) is located in

Monymusk Monymusk () is a planned village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. History Malcolm Canmore first established Celtic foundation on the site in 1078 The Culdees of Munimusc are recorded as inhabiting the site in 1170. Monymusk Pri ...

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, Scotland. It is of

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denomination. Now

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, a structure on the site has existed since at least the late 12th or early 13th century, but it was a site of worship even before that.MONYMUSK PARISH CHURCH (AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY CHURCH OF THE BLESSED MARY OF MONYMUSK)
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Originally

Monymusk Priory Monymusk Priory was a house of Augustinian canons based at Monymusk in Mar, Aberdeenshire. It began as a Culdee foundation but later became Augustinian. History The first missionaries to arrive in Monymusk were Culdees, possibly from Whithor ...

, today's structure has been altered several times,"Monymusk Parish Church"
– Places of Worship in Scotland including post-

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(around 1690), and in 1822, 1851 and 1921, when

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performed a partial restoration. The clock face dates to 1865, and its Mowat bell 1748. There are monuments to Forbes-Leslie of Abersnithick and Sir Archibald Grant and his relatives.

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