Edinburgh, Kirk Loan, Corstorphine Church, interior. View of the tomb of Sir Adam Forrester, a recumbant effigy in a wall niche.

Description Edinburgh, Kirk Loan, Corstorphine Church, interior. View of the tomb of Sir Adam Forrester, a recumbant effigy in a wall niche.

Catalogue Number SC 565504

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 33864

Scope and Content Monument to Sir Adam Forrester, Corstorphine Old Parish Church, Corstorphine, Edinburgh Corstorphine Old Parish Church dates from the early 15th century, and became a collegiate church in 1429, founded by Sir John Forrester. It stands, surrounded by its churchyard, in Kirk Loan, at the historic centre of the old village of Corstorphine. This monument to Sir Adam Forrester, who died in 1405, shows his recumbent figure, with his feet resting on a dog or lion, on a tomb-chest within the wall of the south transept. The panels under the tomb bear the armorial shields of the Forrester family. In 1374 Sir Adam Forrester, a Lord Provost of Edinburgh, bought the estate of Corstorphine. In 1404 he built a private chapel, later used as a burial place for himself and his family, and incorporated into the 15th-century church as the chancel. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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