[Illustration: FIG. 684.--Cowie Church. Plan.]
[Illustration: FIG. 685.--Cowie Church. Moulding of Doorway.]
[Illustration: FIG. 686.--Cowie Church. View from South-East.]
This ruined structure, is situated near the coast on the north side of
Stonehaven Bay, about a mile from the town, and stands in an ancient
churchyard still in use. This church is an example of a simple oblong
structure in the first pointed style. It measures (Fig. 684) 70 feet in
length by 18 feet in width internally. The walls are built with
whinstone, and the door and window dressings are of freestone. The north
wall is broken down to near the level of the ground. The interior has
been lighted by three lancet windows in the east end, and there has also
been a stunted window inserted in the west gable. The doorway is the
only opening in the south wall which is still partly entire. It has a
segmental arched lintel, and is moulded on the outer angle of jambs and
lintel. The moulding (Fig. 685) would indicate a late period. The north
wall is broken down almost to the foundations. There is a plain
sacrament house in the north wall near the east end.
[Illustration: FIG. 687.--Cowie Church.