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Publication Account
Date 1981
Event ID 1018213
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018213
Lanark's earliest parish church was located about a quarter of a mile (0•4km) south-east of the town on the Stirling to Carlisle road. Shortly after the Reformation the Kirk session tried to have the location of the parish church changed to a more convenient place, although this was not accomplished until towards the beginning of the eighteenth century. The parish church of St. Kentigern fell into ruin in 1688 and in 1709 a proposal to rebuild it was stopped by the town council and the chapel of St. Nicholas was taken over for use as a parish church. The remains of St. Kentigern's consists of a north arcade, six arches, and west, east and south walls, the latter consisting of six lancet windows and a first period lancet doorway. The six arches fell in 1954, but were rebuilt that year (Ordnance Survey Record Cards, Reference NS 84 SE 15).
Information from ‘Historic Lanark: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981).
