Kinkell, Aberdeenshire

[4] The 16th-century church which stands in ruins appears to have been redesigned by Alexander Galloway, rector of Kinkell and architect of the first Bridge of Dee in Aberdeen, as his initials can be seen three times inside the remaining internal walls.

[4] The church had a sculptured tabernacle or aumbry for the Holy Sacrament, a bas-relief of the crucifix and the performance of Mass, and two-thirds of an incised slab representing a knight in armour.

[1] Gilbert de Greenlaw (1354–1421) was the Bishop of Aberdeen and Bishop-elect of St Andrews.

[5] Greenlaw died at the battle of Harlaw[4] on 24 July 1411, where he fought for Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar against the invading Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles.

[6] On the sandstone slab dedicated to him at Kinkell Kirk,[4] Greenlaw is wearing an open-faced bascinet helmet with a mail-reinforced arming doublet beneath plate armour, and is depicted carrying a hand-and-a-half sword.