Alloway Kirk

Alloway Kirk and its graveyard provided the setting for the Scottish poet Robert Burns’s poem Tam o’ Shanter.

Misericord

Wooden ledge on the underside of a folding seat in a church, intended to support a member of the congregation while standing.

Ellon Castle and gardens

Historic ruined castle remains, formerly Fortalice of Ardgith, focal point within a formal walled garden in Ellon

Apse

Semicircular or polygonal termination of the chancel, which is typically situated at the eastern end of a Christian church.

Eleanor cross

Series of 12 crosses, one built at each place where the funeral cortège of Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I, stopped for the night.

Chowbent Chapel

Active Unitarian place of worship in Atherton, Greater Manchester that was built in 1721.