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Little now remains of the Church of St Mary's which the Templars built on the south bank of the Dee in the 13th Century. When the new church was built in 1782, St Mary's fell into disrepair. Until 1890, it was still possible to see the stone effigies of a knight in armour and his lady, beautifully carved in freestone, lying in the ruins of the disused chapel. The knights head rested on helmet and the lady rested upon a stone cushion. At their feet lay a little dog. |
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| These figures are believed to be Gilbert Menzies and his wife Marjory. The Menzies family feued the lands of Blairs from the Knights Hospitallers in 1535. The Menzies were a powerful and influential family in Aberdeen. Gilbert Menzies was the Lord Provost of Aberdeen for 25 years. These figures can now be seen at the West Kirk of St Nicholas, right in the heart of Aberdeen- each laying in a window bay on the south side of the Kirk. |  |
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Gilbert and Marjory, together, as they would have lain in the chapel at St Mary's, Maryculter. |