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- ↑ Epitaphs and Inscriptions of Aberdeenshire: Kinellar
- ↑ "Kinellar Kirkyard Stone Circle". The Modern Antiquarian. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ "Aberdeenshire Council Historic Environment Record - Aberdeenshire - NJ81SW0001 - KINELLAR CHURCH".
- 1 2 Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; by Hew Scott