Drainie, Church of Scotland

Drainie Old Parish Church was built in the mid 17th century and surrounded by a small graveyard. It was located on flat land near Lossiemouth but has been completely demolished, largely due to the fact that it was located close to where the runway of Lossiemouth RAF base was layed. A storm in the early 1950s apparently led to the collapse of the belfry and east gable and was then completely demolished, apart from some footings. These too have now been removed, leaving no surface remains of the church. The site lies within the perimeter of the RAF base and so it was not possible to visit it. As described by MacGibbon and Ross (1896-7), the church was a T-plan building, around 20m long and 8m wide.

It is located somewhere in the place at NJ200692 (Lat/Lon 57.70553, -3.344213). You can see this on maps provided by:

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