Dyke Parish Church
Dyke Parish Church is a Georgian church in Dyke, a village in Moray. In active use by the Church of Scotland since it was built in 1781, it stands on the site of a mediaeval church, and incorporates an older mausoleum, which is now the church hall and vestry.Photo: Ann Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description: church building in Dyke, Moray, Scotland, UK
- Address: Dyke
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rodney’s Stone and Darnaway Castle.
Rodney’s Stone
Photo: Calgacus, Public domain.
Rodney's Stone is a two-metre high Pictish cross slab now located close on the approach way to Brodie Castle, near Forres, Moray, Scotland. It was originally found nearby in the grounds of the old church of Dyke and Moy. Rodney’s Stone is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Dyke Parish Church.
Darnaway Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darnaway Castle, also known as Tarnaway Castle, is located in Darnaway Forest, 3 miles southwest of Forres in Moray, Scotland. This was Comyn land, given to Thomas Randolph along with the Earldom of Moray by King Robert I. Darnaway Castle is situated 2 miles south of Dyke Parish Church.
Culbin Sands, Forest and Findhorn Bay
Forest
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culbin Sands, Forest and Findhorn Bay is a large area of coast and countryside and an SSSI in Moray, Scotland, stretching from just east of the town of Nairn eastwards to the village of Findhorn and its bay. Culbin Sands, Forest and Findhorn Bay is situated 2 miles northwest of Dyke Parish Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dyke and Kintessack.
Dyke
Village
Photo: Ann Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dyke is a small village situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 4 miles west of Forres. The origin of the name of the parish of Dyke is supposed to be the Gaelic word dìg, signifying a water drain or ditch.
Kintessack
Village
Kintessack is a small village in Moray, Scotland 3 miles north-west of Forres. It is located in the parish of Dyke and Moy,…
Forres
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.
Dyke Parish Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.60442° or 57° 36′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.69169° or 3° 41′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C9RJ835+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 120246489OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=church_of_scotlandWikidata ID
Q17571466
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In Other Languages
“Dyke Parish Church” goes by many names.
- German: “Dyke Parish Church”
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Highlights include Dyke & District Village Hall and Oak Hill Wood.
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