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Spynie Palace, also known as Spynie Castle, was the fortified seat of the Bishops of Moray for about 500 years in Spynie, Moray, Scotland.The founding of the palace dates back to the late 12th century.
Spynie Palace and the remnants of the drained Loch Spynie, seen from the kirkyard of Holy Trinity Church, Spynie. Spynie was a seaport, burgh and ancient parish in Moray, Scotland, that survives as a small hamlet and civil parish. [1]
William de Spynie: Before his consecration by the anti-pope Benedict XIII in 1397, he was the Chantor of Moray. He died on 2 August 1406. 1407–1414: John de Innes: 1414–1422: Henry de Lichton: 1422–1435: Columba de Dunbar: 1436–1460: John de Winchester: 1460–1462: James Stewart: 1462–1476: David Stewart: 1477–1482: William Tulloch ...
The seat of the parish of Spynie was moved to New Spynie in 1745, with the new church being built in 1736 partly with stones taken from the old one. [1] The last remaining part of the old church was a gothic gable which fell in 1850. [1]
Name Type Date Condition Ownership Location Notes Picture Aikenway Castle: Ruined: Asliesk Castle: L-plan Tower house: 16th century: Ruined: About 7 miles (11 km) west of Elgin ...
This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
The current village, originally called New Duffus, is a grid plan village established as a planned settlement in 1811. [3] This replaced an earlier medieval settlement which lay 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) to the east, of which only the ruined Old Parish Church remains.
Spynie Palace, Moray Alexander Bur (died 1397) was a 14th-century Scottish cleric. It is highly possible that Bur came from somewhere in or around Aberdeenshire , although that is not certain and is only based on the knowledge that Aberdeenshire is where other people bearing his surname come from in this period. [ 1 ]