St Fittick's Church, Nigg

Introduction

St Fittick's (or St Fiacre) Church was the local parish church until a new building was constructed in the 1820s. St Fittick's is located in what is now open public parkland near to a 20th century housing estate. The church lies close to the coast, and an associated holy well was lost to coastal erosion some time ago. St Fittick's is surrounded by a small graveyard with tall boundary walls, which includes a small watch house. In 2004 an archaeological excavation discovered the foundations of the manse and associated farm building to the west of the church. 

The church was consecrated by Bishop David de bernham in 1242 and the remains that survive today encorporate fragments of this early church and later 17th and 18th century rebuilding.