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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen, Scotland, Cath Ch of S Machar (CS)
Place Aberdeen
Cath Ch of S Machar
Shown in county lists as Aberdeen Cath
Lieutenancy area City of Aberdeen
Council area City of Aberdeen
Country Scotland
Historic county Aberdeenshire
Dove tower ID 13827
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 14–0–6 in F♯See below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference NJ938087
Latitude & longitude 57.16977, -2.10266View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode AB24 1RN
Church Church of Scotland
Listed grade A by Historic Environment Scotland
URL http://www.stmachar.com
Affiliation Scottish Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 97 performances here, of which 53 were peals and 1 was in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 14–0–6 in F♯
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 14–0–6 (1574 lb or 714 kg) in F♯ (723.0 Hz)
Practices Mon
Tuned 1912
Peals View 79 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–1–71442.5F♯27.00″1911Mears & StainbankRYFC
24–2–01351.0E♯27.50″1911Mears & StainbankRYFC
34–3–71216.5D♯29.00″1911Mears & StainbankRYFC
45–2–151086.0C♯30.75″1908Mears & StainbankRYFC
56–3–1949.0B34.00″1906Mears & StainbankRYFC
67–2–6901.0A♯35.50″1906Mears & StainbankRYFC
79–3–19805.0G♯39.25″1906Mears & StainbankRYFC
814–0–6723.0F♯43.50″1908Mears & StainbankRYFC
Source: twr website(26/05/06); P Denton; S Austin; A McCurdy; J Hedgcock; TimJ(#293;#299)
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Clock11 cwt795.6G40.31″1823Thomas II Mears
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,81912Cast ironJohn Warner & Sons8.3
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Update log
06/05/20251-7,Clock: nominal added; 8: nominal amended [Bill Hibbert, visited and recorded 04/05/2025 via #008578]
14/06/20235: weight amended [Whitechapel records via David Sloman #005151]
07/09/2022PN 1830 start time removed [John Gwynne via #003834]
15/08/2020fr1: date added,material amended; clk: added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
13/08/20201-8: turning added [[James Hedgcock] via 00013941]
25/07/2020fr1: layout added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
24/07/20201-8: frameid added; frame details added [[James Hedgcock] via e-mail]
22/06/20201-8: canon info added [Adam McCurdy via 00013858]
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