Archaeology Notes

Event ID 727348

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX76NW 12 72277 66318 and 7228 6629

(NX 7227 6631) Balmaghie Church (NAT)

OS 6" map (1958)

The church of Balmaghie was dedicated to St. Andrew. In early times it belonged to the Priory of Iona but at the Reformation it was in the possession of the Abbey of Holyrood. It was rebuilt in 1794 on the old site, only a small part of the east gable bearing an 18th Century monument, being preserved.

The earlier church was probably pre- Reformation, and to judge by the ground plan traceable in the turf, was probably only about 18 yds long by 12 yds broad.

H Scott 1917; H M B Reid 1895

Balmaghie Church (in normal use) was built in 1794 and bears an inscription to the effect that it was restored in 1894 and 1913. The only trace of the previous church, part of the east gate, a column of mortared masonry 1.0m x 1.3m x 3.5m high, is at NX 7228 6629.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 August 1968