Name: | The College Yards, Brechin (n/a) | CISP No: | BRCHN |
Place: | Brechin (Breichinn) | Grid Ref: | NO 5945 6010 (GB) |
Parish: | Brechin (Breichinn) | Stones: | 1 |
County: | Angus , Scotland | Saint(s): | Mary |
Site Type: | ecclesiastical |
Formerly a portion of an ancient churchyard.
NMRS/NO56SE22: `The gardens to the west of the Cathedral, called `The College Yards' are said to be the site of a céli Dé foundation of Malcolm II (1105-1134). On the erection of the episcopal see, c.1150, the prior and brethren of the Culdee community became the chapter of the cathedral'.
Roughly contemporary are the round tower (c.1000), a hogback grave-marker and the cross-slab fragment.