Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard

Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard with two mausolea

Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard

Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard is a historic site just outside the village of Duthil (Scottish Gaelic: Daothal) near Carrbridge in Inverness-shire, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is now maintained as a Clan Grant Heritage Centre.

Old Parish Church

The present Old Parish Church, dedicated to St Peter, was built in 1826. The first recorded church at Duthil was built about 1400, probably on the site of an earlier building. The church has been rebuilt on several occasions. It was renovated just before World War I by the architect Dr Peter MacGregor Chalmers. Old Duthil Church closed for services in 1967.^[1]

Churchyard

The churchyard, which surrounds the Old Parish Church, includes many memorials to members of Clan Grant. There is a memorial tablet to Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, GCB GCMG (1804–1895), who is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

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  Grave of the family of Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant

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  Memorial to Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant

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  Grave of the family of Colonel Sir Maxwell Grant (died 1823)

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  Walled Grant tomb

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  View from the churchyard

Grant Mausolea

Mausoleum adjacent to the church: tablet listing those interred there

There are two mausolea for the Grant of Grant family, one immediately adjacent to the Old Parish Church in the east, and another further to the east just outside the walled churchyard. The first of these mausolea was built in 1837.^[1] The mausoleum adjacent to the church serves as resting place of the Earls of Seafield. Members of the family who were buried here until the mausoleum was sealed up in 1913 include:

• Lewis Alexander Grant-Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Seafield (1767–1840)
• Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield (1778–1853)
• John Charles Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield (1815–1881)
• Ian Charles Ogilvy-Grant, 8th Earl of Seafield (1851–1884)

The Grants of Castle Grant have had their burial place at Duthil since the late 16th century.^[2] The first Chief to be interred here was James Grant, third of Freuchy, whose last will and testament, dated 1553, ordered that he be buried in the parish church of Duthil. He died and was interred here in 1585.^[1]

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  Mausoleum adjacent to the church (right) and second Mausoleum outside the churchyard (left)

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  Mausoleum adjacent to the church - Seafield arms

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  Churchyard and mausolea adjacent to the church (left) and outside the churchyard (right)

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  Mausolea outside the churchyard (left) and adjacent to the church (right)

References

1. Carrbridge History: Old Parish Church - Duthil, accessed 10 December 2015
2. www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk – Duthil, Old Parish Church and Churchyard, accessed 10 December 2015

External links

• www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk – Duthil, Old Parish Church and Churchyard
• Canmore – Duthil, Old Parish Church and Churchyard
• Carrbridge History: Old Parish Church - Duthil

Coordinates: 57°17′44.27″N 3°46′2.96″W / 57.2956306°N 3.7674889°W