Foveran Kirkyard in Foveran, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates: 57.30748, -2.02654
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A previous 14th century church was built on the site before the present church was built. The site of the church was formerly at the heart of the Barony of Foveran. Foveran Castle and Turing's Tower lie 500 metres to the east. A medieval church was built on the same site of the current church but nothing is now visible. The present church was built in 1794 and lies about a mile south-west of Newburgh village, a coastal community built along the mouth of the River Ythan. The church today lies along a busy road.

Foveran Church interior has many impressive memorial panels and stones. The oldest, and most well-known, is the Turing Stone. It dates to the first half of the 15th century and depicts two figures in armour, thought to be Norman Turings. The stone slab likely lay in the Turing Aisle of the medieval church, which was built over by the current church, and stood outside in the graveyard until the 1970s

The new Foveran Cemetery lies 0.2 miles south of the churchyard on the A975.