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Field Visit
Date 29 June 1927
Event ID 1098274
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1098274
Parish Church.
The church, which stands within its graveyard beside the harbour, consists of nave and west tower. The nave has been entirely modernised, but the tower remains a good example of a 16th-century bell-tower. It is built of rubble, harled, and contains four storeys. In each face of the bell chamber is a doublet-window with segmental outer arch and foiled head. The parapet is of ashlar and is borne on a series of projecting corbels of two members each; in places it is pierced to form an open balustrade. The spire is of timber, slated.
INSCRIPTIONS. On the south wall of the church, outside are two inserted panels. The upper one reads: ANNO I598 /MY HOVS IS THE/HOVS OF PRAYER. The lower has the legend: ENTER.IN.AT/YE. STRAIT.GE/T.IT.IS.YE.VYD.GET. YAT.LEDS/TO.PERDITION, and bears a representation of the two gates in the upper part.
STONE COFFIN. In the churchyard, on the south side of the church, is a stone coffin measuring 6 feet 2 ½ inches by 1 foot 9 ½ inches by 1 foot; a recess is formed for the head.
SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS. Several 17th-century table-stones lie in the churchyard, and four of these are of some interest: The first bears the initials A.K. and the date 1667. The name is illegible, but the word "MERCHANDE " can be deciphered. The second commemorates NORMAND FAIRFVL, a former bailie who died in 1661. The third shows the names of John Oliphant, who died in 1644, and of Peter Oliphant, the date of whose decease is left uncarved. The fourth is dated 1626 and displays the usual funereal devices of skull, cross bones, and Bible. The name is illegible, out on the lower part of the stone are the initials M.I.F. and a shield charged with three papingoes or parrots, apparently for Fairfowl or Fairful.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 29 June 1927.
