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	\|mother= [[Whithorn Priory]]		\|mother= [[Whithorn Priory]]
	\|disestablished= 1609		\|disestablished= 1609
	\|diocese= [[Diocese of Ross (Scotland)\|Diocese of Ross]]		\|diocese= [[Diocese of Ross (Scotland)\|Diocese of Ross]]
	\|churches= Kilchrist, Tarbat		\|churches= Kilchrist, Tarbat
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	The church is extremely simple in design. It is oblong in shape, 96 feet long and 26 feet wide internally. The windows are tall [[Lancet window\|lancets]]. In the east [[gable]] there are four lancets equal in height, and similar openings appear in pairs between all the [[buttress]]es around the wall. The eastern end was partitioned off and set aside as the burial vault of the family of Ross of Balnagown. The [[chapel]]s or aisles attached to the church were erected at later dates against the original walls.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|first1=David\|last2=Ross\|first2=Thomas\|title=The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland\|date=1896\|location=Edinburgh\|page=2:543–44\|url=https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalar02macguoft#page/n5/mode/2up\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>		The church is extremely simple in design. It is oblong in shape, 96 feet long and 26 feet wide internally. The windows are tall [[Lancet window\|lancets]]. In the east [[gable]] there are four lancets equal in height, and similar openings appear in pairs between all the [[buttress]]es around the wall. The eastern end was partitioned off and set aside as the burial vault of the family of Ross of Balnagown. The [[chapel]]s or aisles attached to the church were erected at later dates against the original walls.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|first1=David\|last2=Ross\|first2=Thomas\|title=The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland\|date=1896\|location=Edinburgh\|page=2:543–44\|url=https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalar02macguoft#page/n5/mode/2up\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>

	The most important addition to the building was the south wing, a chapel dedicated to [[Michael (archangel)\|St. Michael]], which was probably erected by Abbot Finlay McFead (d. 1485). It is 32 feet long by 23 feet wide and is connected to the main building by an archway 14 feet wide. On the west side is a doorway; on the east side, an [[ambry]], or recess; on the south side, a canopied monument to Abbot Finlay, which displays the abbot's shield and the inscription: “Hic jacet Finlaius McFaed abbas de Fern qui obit anno MCCCCLXXXV” (Here lies Finlay McFaed, abbot of Fearn, who died in the year 1485).<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546}}</ref>		The most important addition to the building was the south wing, a chapel dedicated to [[Michael (archangel)\|St Michael]], which was probably erected by Abbot Finlay McFead (d. 1485). It is 32 feet long by 23 feet wide and is connected to the main building by an archway 14 feet wide. On the west side is a doorway; on the east side, an [[ambry]], or recess; on the south side, a canopied monument to Abbot Finlay, which displays the abbot's shield and the inscription: “Hic jacet Finlaius McFaed abbas de Fern qui obit anno MCCCCLXXXV” (Here lies Finlay McFaed, abbot of Fearn, who died in the year 1485).<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546}}</ref>

	A small monumental chapel was erected, probably in the sixteenth century, against the southeast angle of the church, blocking two of the windows. Another chapel was built against the north wall of the church. The cloister and domestic buildings no longer survive.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546–47}}</ref>		A small monumental chapel was erected, probably in the sixteenth century, against the southeast angle of the church, blocking two of the windows. Another chapel was built against the north wall of the church. The cloister and domestic buildings no longer survive.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546–47}}</ref>
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	==History==		==History==
	===Medieval ~~Period~~===		===Medieval period===
	The original Fearn Abbey was established during the reign of [[Alexander II of Scotland\|Alexander II]] by [[Premonstratensians]] from [[Whithorn Priory]], a monastery of white canons, who provided the first [[abbot]]. The Abbey was originally settled by [[Fearchar, Earl of Ross\|Fearchar, 1st Earl of Ross]], in the 1220s but was moved ten miles to the southeast in 1238 during the time of the second abbot, Malcolm of [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]]. The move was deemed necessary because of the turbulence created by the northern clans, but the richer soil for agriculture was also a boon. The Abbey was within the domains of the [[Earl of Ross\|earls of Ross]], who maintained and protected it over the years.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:542}}</ref><ref name="urquhart"/>		The original Fearn Abbey was established during the reign of [[Alexander II of Scotland\|Alexander II]] by [[Premonstratensians]] from [[Whithorn Priory]], a monastery of white canons, who provided the first [[abbot]]. The Abbey was originally settled by [[Fearchar, Earl of Ross\|Fearchar, 1st Earl of Ross]], in the 1220s but was moved ten miles to the southeast in 1238 during the time of the second abbot, Malcolm of [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]]. The move was deemed necessary because of the turbulence created by the northern clans, but the richer soil for agriculture was also a boon. The Abbey was within the domains of the [[Earl of Ross\|earls of Ross]], who maintained and protected it over the years.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:542}}</ref><ref name="urquhart"/>

	In 1321, Mark, a [[Canons Regular\|canon]] of Whithorn, was presented to the abbacy by the [[Prior (ecclesiastical)\|prior]] of Withorn, rather than being elected by the canons. On the orders of [[William III, Earl of Ross]], the rebuilding of the Abbey was begun during Abbot Mark's time in 1338, and completed during the tenure of Abbot Donald Pupill in 1372. During the forty-four year tenure of Abbot Finlay McFaed (1442-1485), numerous improvements were made. A [[cloister]] was added and the Abbey was enriched by an organ, [[Church tabernacle\|tabernacles]], [[chalice]]s, [[vestment]]s, and other embellishments from [[Flanders]].<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=542}}</ref>		In 1321, Mark, a [[Canons Regular\|canon]] of Whithorn, was presented to the abbacy by the [[Prior (ecclesiastical)\|prior]] of Withorn, rather than being elected by the canons. On the orders of [[William III, Earl of Ross]], the rebuilding of the Abbey was begun during Abbot Mark's time in 1338, and completed during the tenure of Abbot Donald Pupill in 1372. During the forty-four year tenure of Abbot Finlay McFaed (1442-1485), numerous improvements were made. A [[cloister]] was added and the Abbey was enriched by an organ, [[Church tabernacle\|tabernacles]], [[chalice]]s, [[vestment]]s, and other embellishments from [[Flanders]].<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=542}}</ref>

	===Reformation ~~Era~~===		===Reformation era===
	In the early sixteenth century, the [[In commendam\|commendatorship]] was assumed by [[Patrick Hamilton (martyr)\|Patrick Hamilton]], a boy at the time. Hamilton, who adopted [[Reformation]] principles, was burned as a [[Heresy\|heretic]] at the age of twenty-six in 1528. In 1539, [[James V of Scotland\|King James V]] recommended to [[Pope Paul III]] that [[Robert Cairncross]], [[Bishop of Ross (Scotland)\|Bishop of Ross]], be appointed abbot of Fearn, primarily because Cairncross, as a man of wealth, was deemed capable of restoring the buildings, which had fallen into disrepair. Nicholas Ross, [[Provost (religion)\|provost]] of the [[collegiate church]] of [[Tain]], held the abbacy after the death of Cairncross in 1545. He is thought to have held the position as a secular charge since he sat in [[Scottish Parliament\|Parliament]] in 1560 and voted for the abolition of [[Catholicism]] in Scotland.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=543}}</ref>		In the early sixteenth century, the [[In commendam\|commendatorship]] was assumed by [[Patrick Hamilton (martyr)\|Patrick Hamilton]], a boy at the time. Hamilton, who adopted [[Reformation]] principles, was burned as a [[Heresy\|heretic]] at the age of twenty-six in 1528. In 1539, [[James V of Scotland\|King James V]] recommended to [[Pope Paul III]] that [[Robert Cairncross]], [[Bishop of Ross (Scotland)\|Bishop of Ross]], be appointed abbot of Fearn, primarily because Cairncross, as a man of wealth, was deemed capable of restoring the buildings, which had fallen into disrepair. Nicholas Ross, [[Provost (religion)\|provost]] of the [[collegiate church]] of [[Tain]], held the abbacy after the death of Cairncross in 1545. He is thought to have held the position as a secular charge since he sat in [[Scottish Parliament\|Parliament]] in 1560 and voted for the abolition of [[Catholicism]] in Scotland.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=543}}</ref>

	===Post-Reformation ~~Era~~===		===Post-Reformation era===
	In 1587, during the commendatorship of Walter Ross of Morangy, son of Abbot Thomas Ross, the lands were resumed by the Crown. The Abbey was granted to Patrick Gordon of Letterfourie in 1591. Fearn was erected into the [[Scottish feudal barony\|barony]] of Geanies in favor of Sir Patrick Murray by [[James VI and I\|James VI]] in 1598. In 1609, it was annexed to the [[Episcopal see\|see]] of Ross for [[Bishop]] David Lindsay, and, in 1616, to Bishop Patrick Lindsay, as confirmed by Act of Parliament on 28 June 1617. The grants were confirmed to Bishop John Maxwell by [[Charles I of England\|Charles I]] in 1633.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Chisholm-Batten\|first1=Edmund\|title=The Charters of the Priory of Beauly\|publisher=Grampian club\|date=1877\|location=London\|page=[https://archive.org/details/chartersofpriory00chis/page/315 315]\|url=https://archive.org/details/chartersofpriory00chis\|quote=john fearn abbot 1486.\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>		In 1587, during the commendatorship of Walter Ross of Morangy, son of Abbot Thomas Ross, the lands were resumed by the Crown. The Abbey was granted to Patrick Gordon of Letterfourie in 1591. Fearn was erected into the [[Scottish feudal barony\|barony]] of Geanies in favor of Sir Patrick Murray by [[James VI and I\|James VI]] in 1598. In 1609, it was annexed to the [[Episcopal see\|see]] of Ross for [[Bishop]] David Lindsay, and, in 1616, to Bishop Patrick Lindsay, as confirmed by Act of Parliament on 28 June 1617. The grants were confirmed to Bishop John Maxwell by [[Charles I of England\|Charles I]] in 1633.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Chisholm-Batten\|first1=Edmund\|title=The Charters of the Priory of Beauly\|publisher=Grampian club\|date=1877\|location=London\|page=[https://archive.org/details/chartersofpriory00chis/page/315 315]\|url=https://archive.org/details/chartersofpriory00chis\|quote=john fearn abbot 1486.\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>

	Following the Reformation, the Abbey remained in use as a parish church, but disaster struck in 1742 when the flagstone roof collapsed during a service, killing nearly fifty members of the congregation. Though a new church was built adjacent to the ruined church, it too had fallen into a ruinous state by the early 1770s. As a result, part of the original ruined Abbey was rebuilt in 1772, and the Abbey again became the parish church as part of the established [[Protestantism\|Protestant]] [[Church of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Fearn Abbey\|url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balintore/fearnabbey/index.html\|website=Undiscovered Scotland\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>		Following the Reformation, the Abbey remained in use as a parish church, but disaster struck in 1742 when the flagstone roof collapsed during a service, killing nearly fifty members of the congregation. Though a new church was built adjacent to the ruined church, it too had fallen into a ruinous state by the early 1770s. As a result, part of the original ruined Abbey was rebuilt in 1772, and the Abbey again became the parish church as part of the established [[Protestantism\|Protestant]] [[Church of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Fearn Abbey\|url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balintore/fearnabbey/index.html\|website=Undiscovered Scotland\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>

	===20th and 21st ~~Centuries~~===		===20th and 21st centuries===
	The current building substantially dates from the restoration of 1772, but still incorporates parts of the medieval structure. It was restored by Ian G. Lindsay & Partners in 1971. Further restoration was carried out in 2002–2003 under the auspices of [[Historic Scotland]]. The congregation of Fearn Abbey take part in outreach work in the local area and have active links to the Church of Scotland's World Mission projects in [[Ekwendeni]], [[Malawi]], and the [[Tabeetha School]] in [[Israel]].		The current building substantially dates from the restoration of 1772, but still incorporates parts of the medieval structure. It was restored by Ian G. Lindsay & Partners in 1971. Further restoration was carried out in 2002–2003 under the auspices of [[Historic Scotland]]. The congregation of Fearn Abbey take part in outreach work in the local area and have active links to the Church of Scotland's World Mission projects in [[Ekwendeni]], [[Malawi]], and the [[Tabeetha School]] in [[Israel]].

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	The church is extremely simple in design. It is oblong in shape, 96 feet long and 26 feet wide internally. The windows are tall [[Lancet window\|lancets]]. In the east [[gable]] there are four lancets equal in height, and similar openings appear in pairs between all the [[buttress]]es around the wall. The eastern end was partitioned off and set aside as the burial vault of the family of Ross of Balnagown. The [[chapel]]s or aisles attached to the church were erected at later dates against the original walls.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|first1=David\|last2=Ross\|first2=Thomas\|title=The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland\|date=1896\|location=Edinburgh\|page=2:543–44\|url=https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalar02macguoft#page/n5/mode/2up\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>		The church is extremely simple in design. It is oblong in shape, 96 feet long and 26 feet wide internally. The windows are tall [[Lancet window\|lancets]]. In the east [[gable]] there are four lancets equal in height, and similar openings appear in pairs between all the [[buttress]]es around the wall. The eastern end was partitioned off and set aside as the burial vault of the family of Ross of Balnagown. The [[chapel]]s or aisles attached to the church were erected at later dates against the original walls.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|first1=David\|last2=Ross\|first2=Thomas\|title=The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland\|date=1896\|location=Edinburgh\|page=2:543–44\|url=https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalar02macguoft#page/n5/mode/2up\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>

	The most important addition to the building was the south wing, a chapel dedicated to [[Michael (archangel)\|St. Michael]], which was probably erected by Abbot Finlay McFead (d. 1485). It is 32 feet long by 23 feet wide and is connected to the main building by an archway 14 feet wide. On the west side is a doorway; on the east side, an [[ambry]], or recess; on the south side, a canopied monument to Abbot Finlay, which displays the abbot's shield and the inscription: “Hic jacet Finlaius McFaed abbas de Fern qui obit anno MCCCCLXXXV” (Here lies Finlay McFaed, abbot of Fearn, who died in the year 1485.)<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546}}</ref>		The most important addition to the building was the south wing, a chapel dedicated to [[Michael (archangel)\|St. Michael]], which was probably erected by Abbot Finlay McFead (d. 1485). It is 32 feet long by 23 feet wide and is connected to the main building by an archway 14 feet wide. On the west side is a doorway; on the east side, an [[ambry]], or recess; on the south side, a canopied monument to Abbot Finlay, which displays the abbot's shield and the inscription: “Hic jacet Finlaius McFaed abbas de Fern qui obit anno MCCCCLXXXV” (Here lies Finlay McFaed, abbot of Fearn, who died in the year 1485).<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546}}</ref>

	A small monumental chapel was erected, probably in the sixteenth century, against the southeast angle of the church, blocking two of the windows. Another chapel was built against the north wall of the church. The cloister and domestic buildings no longer survive.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546–47}}</ref>		A small monumental chapel was erected, probably in the sixteenth century, against the southeast angle of the church, blocking two of the windows. Another chapel was built against the north wall of the church. The cloister and domestic buildings no longer survive.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546–47}}</ref>

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	'''Fearn Abbey''' – known as "The Lamp of the North" – has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-[[Reformation]] church buildings. Part of the [[Church of Scotland]] and located to the southeast of [[Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], the historic building ceased to be used for church services in 2023,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Medieval abbey could be taken over by community \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxrk4p6xkv0o \|website=BBC \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> with remaining local church services and meetings to be held in the adjacent modern church hall. In 2024 the parish (previously united with [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]] and linked with [[Tarbat]]), was united with the former parishes of Tarbat (Portmahomack) and Tain to form '''Easter Ross Peninsula Church of Scotland'''<ref>{{cite web \|title=Church news: Tain, Portmahomack and Fearn and Nigg to hold service of union \|url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/easter-ross-peninsula-church-union-service-marks-new-chapter-341868/ \|website=The Northern Times \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Fearn Abbey & Nigg Church of Scotland, SC009309 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC009309#notes \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Tarbat Parish Church Of Scotland, SC021420 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC021420 \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|publisher=Scottish Charity Regulator}}</ref>.		'''Fearn Abbey''' – known as "The Lamp of the North" – has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-[[Reformation]] church buildings. Part of the [[Church of Scotland]] and located to the southeast of [[Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], the historic building ceased to be used for church services in 2023,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Medieval abbey could be taken over by community \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxrk4p6xkv0o \|website=BBC \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> with remaining local church services and meetings to be held in the adjacent modern church hall. In 2024 the parish (previously united with [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]] and linked with [[Tarbat]]), was united with the former parishes of Tarbat (Portmahomack) and Tain to form '''Easter Ross Peninsula Church of Scotland'''.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Church news: Tain, Portmahomack and Fearn and Nigg to hold service of union \|url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/easter-ross-peninsula-church-union-service-marks-new-chapter-341868/ \|website=The Northern Times \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Fearn Abbey & Nigg Church of Scotland, SC009309 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC009309#notes \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Tarbat Parish Church Of Scotland, SC021420 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC021420 \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|publisher=Scottish Charity Regulator}}</ref>

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	'''Fearn Abbey''' – known as "The Lamp of the North" – has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-[[Reformation]] church buildings. Part of the [[Church of Scotland]] and located to the southeast of [[Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], the historic building ceased to be used for church services in 2023, ~~remaining local church services and meetings to be held in the adjacent modern church hall~~<ref>{{cite web \|title=Medieval abbey could be taken over by community \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxrk4p6xkv0o \|website=BBC \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>. In 2024 the parish (previously united with [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]] and linked with [[Tarbat]]), was united with the former parishes of Tarbat (Portmahomack) and Tain to form '''Easter Ross Peninsula Church of Scotland'''<ref>{{cite web \|title=Church news: Tain, Portmahomack and Fearn and Nigg to hold service of union \|url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/easter-ross-peninsula-church-union-service-marks-new-chapter-341868/ \|website=The Northern Times \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Fearn Abbey & Nigg Church of Scotland, SC009309 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC009309#notes \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Tarbat Parish Church Of Scotland, SC021420 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC021420 \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|publisher=Scottish Charity Regulator}}</ref>.		'''Fearn Abbey''' – known as "The Lamp of the North" – has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-[[Reformation]] church buildings. Part of the [[Church of Scotland]] and located to the southeast of [[Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], the historic building ceased to be used for church services in 2023,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Medieval abbey could be taken over by community \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxrk4p6xkv0o \|website=BBC \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> with remaining local church services and meetings to be held in the adjacent modern church hall. In 2024 the parish (previously united with [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]] and linked with [[Tarbat]]), was united with the former parishes of Tarbat (Portmahomack) and Tain to form '''Easter Ross Peninsula Church of Scotland'''<ref>{{cite web \|title=Church news: Tain, Portmahomack and Fearn and Nigg to hold service of union \|url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/easter-ross-peninsula-church-union-service-marks-new-chapter-341868/ \|website=The Northern Times \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Fearn Abbey & Nigg Church of Scotland, SC009309 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC009309#notes \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Tarbat Parish Church Of Scotland, SC021420 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC021420 \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|publisher=Scottish Charity Regulator}}</ref>.

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	'''Fearn Abbey''' – known as "The Lamp of the North" – has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-[[Reformation]] church buildings. Part of the [[Church of Scotland]] and located to the southeast of [[Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], the historic building ceased to be used for church services in 2023<ref>{{cite web \|title=Medieval abbey could be taken over by community \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxrk4p6xkv0o \|website=BBC \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>. In 2024 the parish (previously united with [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]] and linked with [[Tarbat]]), was united with Tarbat (Portmahomack) and Tain to form '''Easter Ross Peninsula Church of Scotland'''<ref>{{cite web \|title=Church news: Tain, Portmahomack and Fearn and Nigg to hold service of union \|url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/easter-ross-peninsula-church-union-service-marks-new-chapter-341868/ \|website=The Northern Times \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Fearn Abbey & Nigg Church of Scotland, SC009309 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC009309#notes \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>.		'''Fearn Abbey''' – known as "The Lamp of the North" – has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-[[Reformation]] church buildings. Part of the [[Church of Scotland]] and located to the southeast of [[Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], the historic building ceased to be used for church services in 2023, remaining local church services and meetings to be held in the adjacent modern church hall<ref>{{cite web \|title=Medieval abbey could be taken over by community \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxrk4p6xkv0o \|website=BBC \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>. In 2024 the parish (previously united with [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]] and linked with [[Tarbat]]), was united with the former parishes of Tarbat (Portmahomack) and Tain to form '''Easter Ross Peninsula Church of Scotland'''<ref>{{cite web \|title=Church news: Tain, Portmahomack and Fearn and Nigg to hold service of union \|url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/easter-ross-peninsula-church-union-service-marks-new-chapter-341868/ \|website=The Northern Times \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Fearn Abbey & Nigg Church of Scotland, SC009309 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC009309#notes \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Tarbat Parish Church Of Scotland, SC021420 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC021420 \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|publisher=Scottish Charity Regulator}}</ref>.

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	'''Fearn Abbey''' – known as "The Lamp of the North" – has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-[[Reformation]] church buildings. Part of the [[Church of Scotland]] and located to the southeast of [[Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], it ~~continues~~ as an ~~active~~ ~~[[parish]]~~ church (united with [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]] and linked with [[Tarbat]]).		'''Fearn Abbey''' – known as "The Lamp of the North" – has its origins in one of Scotland's oldest pre-[[Reformation]] church buildings. Part of the [[Church of Scotland]] and located to the southeast of [[Tain]], [[Ross-shire]], the historic building ceased to be used for church services in 2023<ref>{{cite web \|title=Medieval abbey could be taken over by community \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxrk4p6xkv0o \|website=BBC \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>. In 2024 the parish (previously united with [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]] and linked with [[Tarbat]]), was united with Tarbat (Portmahomack) and Tain to form '''Easter Ross Peninsula Church of Scotland'''<ref>{{cite web \|title=Church news: Tain, Portmahomack and Fearn and Nigg to hold service of union \|url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/easter-ross-peninsula-church-union-service-marks-new-chapter-341868/ \|website=The Northern Times \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Fearn Abbey & Nigg Church of Scotland, SC009309 \|url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC009309#notes \|website=Scottish Charity Regulator \|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>.

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	The original Fearn Abbey was established during the reign of [[Alexander II of Scotland\|Alexander II]] by [[Premonstratensians]] from [[Whithorn Priory]], a monastery of white canons, who provided the first [[abbot]]. The Abbey was originally settled by [[Fearchar, Earl of Ross\|Fearchar, 1st Earl of Ross]], in the 1220s but was moved ten miles to the southeast in 1238 during the time of the second abbot, Malcolm of [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]]. The move was deemed necessary because of the turbulence created by the northern clans, but the richer soil for agriculture was also a boon. The Abbey was within the domains of the [[Earl of Ross\|earls of Ross]], who maintained and protected it over the years.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:542}}</ref><ref name="urquhart"/>		The original Fearn Abbey was established during the reign of [[Alexander II of Scotland\|Alexander II]] by [[Premonstratensians]] from [[Whithorn Priory]], a monastery of white canons, who provided the first [[abbot]]. The Abbey was originally settled by [[Fearchar, Earl of Ross\|Fearchar, 1st Earl of Ross]], in the 1220s but was moved ten miles to the southeast in 1238 during the time of the second abbot, Malcolm of [[Nigg, Highland\|Nigg]]. The move was deemed necessary because of the turbulence created by the northern clans, but the richer soil for agriculture was also a boon. The Abbey was within the domains of the [[Earl of Ross\|earls of Ross]], who maintained and protected it over the years.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:542}}</ref><ref name="urquhart"/>

	In 1321, Mark, a [[Canons Regular\|canon]] of Whithorn, was presented to the abbacy by the [[prior]] of Withorn, rather than being elected by the canons. On the orders of [[William III, Earl of Ross]], the rebuilding of the Abbey was begun during Abbot Mark's time in 1338, and completed during the tenure of Abbot Donald Pupill in 1372. During the forty-four year tenure of Abbot Finlay McFaed (1442-1485), numerous improvements were made. A [[cloister]] was added and the Abbey was enriched by an organ, [[Church tabernacle\|tabernacles]], [[chalice]]s, [[vestment]]s, and other embellishments from [[Flanders]].<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=542}}</ref>		In 1321, Mark, a [[Canons Regular\|canon]] of Whithorn, was presented to the abbacy by the [[Prior (ecclesiastical)\|prior]] of Withorn, rather than being elected by the canons. On the orders of [[William III, Earl of Ross]], the rebuilding of the Abbey was begun during Abbot Mark's time in 1338, and completed during the tenure of Abbot Donald Pupill in 1372. During the forty-four year tenure of Abbot Finlay McFaed (1442-1485), numerous improvements were made. A [[cloister]] was added and the Abbey was enriched by an organ, [[Church tabernacle\|tabernacles]], [[chalice]]s, [[vestment]]s, and other embellishments from [[Flanders]].<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=542}}</ref>

	===Reformation Era===		===Reformation Era===

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	A small monumental chapel was erected, probably in the sixteenth century, against the southeast angle of the church, blocking two of the windows. Another chapel was built against the north wall of the church. The cloister and domestic buildings no longer survive.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546–47}}</ref>		A small monumental chapel was erected, probably in the sixteenth century, against the southeast angle of the church, blocking two of the windows. Another chapel was built against the north wall of the church. The cloister and domestic buildings no longer survive.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546–47}}</ref>

	Over the centuries, the rope of the church bell has worn a deep crevice into the stones of the church wall beneath the bell tower.<ref name="urquhart">{{cite web\|last1=Urquhart\|first1=John\|title=Fearn Abbey: Statistical Account, 1791-99\|url=http://www.fearnpeninsulagraveyards.com/Fearn%20Abbey%20History.html\|website=Fearn Peninsula Graveyards\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>		Over the centuries, the rope of the church bell has worn a deep crevice into the stones of the church wall beneath the bell tower.<ref name="urquhart">{{cite web\|last1=Urquhart\|first1=John\|title=Fearn Abbey: Statistical Account, 1791-99\|url=http://www.fearnpeninsulagraveyards.com/Fearn%20Abbey%20History.html\|website=Fearn Peninsula Graveyards\|accessdate=29 June 2017\|archive-date=21 May 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521050303/http://www.fearnpeninsulagraveyards.com/Fearn%20Abbey%20History.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	The church is extremely simple in design. It is oblong in shape, 96 feet long and 26 feet wide internally. The windows are tall [[Lancet window\|lancets]]. In the east [[gable]] there are four lancets equal in height, and similar openings appear in pairs between all the [[buttress]]es around the wall. The eastern end was partitioned off and set aside as the burial vault of the family of Ross of Balnagown. The [[chapel]]s or aisles attached to the church were erected at later dates against the original walls.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|first1=David\|last2=Ross\|first2=Thomas\|title=The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland\|date=1896\|location=Edinburgh\|page=2:543–44\|url=https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalar02macguoft#page/n5/mode/2up\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>		The church is extremely simple in design. It is oblong in shape, 96 feet long and 26 feet wide internally. The windows are tall [[Lancet window\|lancets]]. In the east [[gable]] there are four lancets equal in height, and similar openings appear in pairs between all the [[buttress]]es around the wall. The eastern end was partitioned off and set aside as the burial vault of the family of Ross of Balnagown. The [[chapel]]s or aisles attached to the church were erected at later dates against the original walls.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|first1=David\|last2=Ross\|first2=Thomas\|title=The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland\|date=1896\|location=Edinburgh\|page=2:543–44\|url=https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalar02macguoft#page/n5/mode/2up\|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>

	The most important addition to the building was the south wing, a chapel dedicated to [[Michael (archangel)\|St. Michael]], which was probably erected by Abbot Finlay McFead (d. 1485). It is 32 feet long by 23 feet wide and is connected to the main building by an archway 14 feet wide. On the west side is a doorway; on the east side, an [[ambry]], or recess; on the south side, a canopied monument to Abbot Finlay, which displays the abbot's shield and the inscription: “Hic jacet Finlaius McFaed abbas de Fern qui obit anno MCCCCLXXXV” (Here lies Finlay McFaed, abbot of Fearn, who died in the year 1485.)<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546}}</ref>		The most important addition to the building was the south wing, a chapel dedicated to [[Michael (archangel)\|St. Michael]], which was probably erected by Abbot Finlay McFead (d. 1485). It is 32 feet long by 23 feet wide and is connected to the main building by an archway 14 feet wide. On the west side is a doorway; on the east side, an [[ambry]], or recess; on the south side, a canopied monument to Abbot Finlay, which displays the abbot's shield and the inscription: “Hic jacet Finlaius McFaed abbas de Fern qui obit anno MCCCCLXXXV” (Here lies Finlay McFaed, abbot of Fearn, who died in the year 1485).<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546}}</ref>

	A small monumental chapel was erected, probably in the sixteenth century, against the southeast angle of the church, blocking two of the windows. Another chapel was built against the north wall of the church. The cloister and domestic buildings no longer survive.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546–47}}</ref>		A small monumental chapel was erected, probably in the sixteenth century, against the southeast angle of the church, blocking two of the windows. Another chapel was built against the north wall of the church. The cloister and domestic buildings no longer survive.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=MacGibbon\|title=Ecclesiastical Architecture\|page=2:546–47}}</ref>