Aberdeen Harbour as you will know if you have done the other caches in this series is the UKs oldest business having been granted a royal charter by King David in 1136. St.Clements church is one of the oldest and most prominent churches in the area, visible down the entire length of Regent Quay, it can be seen from the Aberdeen Harbour Offices cache.
The Aberdeen Maritime Trail has this to say about the church.
Historical records show that there has been a church here since 1467. However it is very likely that a church dedicated to St Clement may have been here for much longer. In fact it has probably been here as long as the fishing village of Fittie (or Footdee) has, which dates from at least the late 14th century.
Often a dedication to St Clement is associated with Vikings although there is no evidence to prove that connection here. The church went out of use at the time of the reformation in 1560 and was not reinstated until 1631 when several people subscribed to its re-opening. It was around this time, in 1650, that George Davidsone built a new wall around the church at his own expense. The stone plaque in the wall, which commemorates this, dates from 1979 when the original 1650 plaque had to be replaced.
The wall itself also dates from slightly later in the 18th century. St Clement’s has been rebuilt a number of times but the present church dates from 1828, when it was raised to the status of a parish church. David Grant (1833-1893) is also commemorated by a plaque in St Clement’s churchyard. Grant, a member of the congregation of St Clement’s, is often attributed with having composed the harmony for the hymn tune Crimond (The Lord is my Shepherd). This claim has been disputed and the matter is not resolved.