Triple Kirks

Three kirks in the village of Old Deer. One the right is the earliest - the original parish church, thought to have been dedicated to St Drostan dates from the Medieval period. It was abandoned when a replacement was built in 1789. The very tall tower and spire which caught the wintery sunlight so beautifully this morning, were added to what was originally a plain rectangular building in the late 1890s.

To the left the roof and belfry of St. Drostan's Episcopal Church can be see over the kirkyard wall.
St Drostan, a follower of St Columba, is closely associated with this area having founded a religious settlement in the vicinity in the 6th century. This is where the Book of Deer, one of Scotland's great treasures was written.