Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city by Elgin HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes Activities Volunteers will be on hand OpeningTime1 11am - 4pm ArchitectName unknowm OpeningDate1 23/9/2017 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 15156 Refreshments Yes Street The street address Birnie Church AddressLine2 Birnie Postcode IV30 8SU Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Birnie Kirk Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived moray Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3024 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,57.61235,-3.330148; Description An account of the resource Birnie church dates back to beginning of 12th century and is one of the oldest churches in Scotland used for regular Sunday worship. Although believed to have been built around 1140 recent archaeological evidence suggests it was even earlier. The church became the first cathedral of the Bishop of Moray and remained the cathedral church until 1184. It is a plain building with a Norman Arch between the chancel and the nave. In 1734 the west gable was rebuilt and larger windows were added (south side). In 1890 further repairs were made. It was listed in 1971 as a category A building.The church is open to the public at all times throughout the year. Regular Sunday Services at 11am alternate with Pluscarden Church. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1140 - possibly earlier