Arbuthnott Church

Arbuthnott Church is one of the few parish churches in rural Scotland that dates from pre-Reformation times and is still in use for public worship. The church is dedicated to the memory of St. Ternan who, it is believed, was born to a Pictish family in the Mearns in the first half of the fifth century A.D. After training in his native country, he went to Ireland, took part in missionary work and became Abbot of a monastic settlement in Leinster. Thereafter he returned to Kincardineshire and probably settled in Banchory where his religious community was an important missionary centre.