St Peter’s Church ruins
St Peter’s Church ruins is a ruins in Moray, Scotland. St Peter’s Church ruins is situated nearby to the village Rathven, as well as near Burnside Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Strathlene Golf Course and Buckie Lifeboat Station.
Strathlene Golf Course
Golf course
Strathlene at Findochty, near Buckie, is one of the oldest golf courses in Scotland. It was established in 1877 and is home to Strathlene Buckie Golf Club. Strathlene Golf Course is situated 1¼ miles northeast of St Peter’s Church ruins.
Buckie Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckie Lifeboat Station can be found on Commercial Road in Buckie, a harbour town on the south shore of the Moray Firth, approximately 5 miles east of the mouth of the River Spey, in the administrative region of Moray, historically Banffshire, on the coast of NE Scotland. Buckie Lifeboat Station is situated 3,600 feet west of St Peter’s Church ruins.
Victoria Park
Sports venue
Victoria Park is a football ground in Buckie in north-east Scotland, which is the home ground of Highland Football League side Buckie Thistle. It is located at the junction of Midmar Street and South Pringle Street, 0.5 miles from the town centre. Victoria Park is situated 1¼ miles west of St Peter’s Church ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rathven and Portessie.
Rathven
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rathven is an ecclesiastical parish, village and former civil parish in the historic County of Banff, now in Moray, Scotland. The civil parish was last used as a census subdivision in 2001, with a population of 12,378, The former burgh of Buckie is the largest settlement in the parish, which also includes Findochty and Portknockie.
Portessie
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portessie is a small fishing village east of Buckie, on the north-east coast of Scotland between Buckie and Findochty.
Ianstown
Quarter
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ianstown is a small village on the Moray Firth in Scotland. It lies within the council area of Moray. Its OS grid reference is NJ435663. The town of Buckie lies to the west of Ianstown.
St Peter’s Church ruins
- Type: Ruins
- Inscription: “The remains of St Peter’s Church lie within a small graveyard on the south side of the of Rathven, a short distance south-east of Buckie, A church is first mentioned on the site in the 1220s and the surviving Hay of Rannes Aisle is dated 1612. St Peter’s”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.67734° or 57° 40′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.93525° or 2° 56′ 7″ westOpen location code
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node 12956022182OpenStreetMap feature
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Highlights include Rathven Parish Church and Burnside Cemetery.
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