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Field Visit
Date 18 August 1927
Event ID 1098957
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1098957
Old Parish Church, Kilconquhar.
All that remains of the old parish church is a fragment of the nave arcade, which stands in the churchyard to the east of the modern church. It consists of three arches of indeterminate date, each some 12 feet in width. The piers and responds are round on plan, as are the bases and capitals, which are respectively chamfered and hollow-chamfered, while the arches are chamfered and rebated. One of the corbels, which carried the beam supporting the roof of the aisle survives, at the east end. The arcade is incorporated in a burial enclosure, part of the back wall of which may have belonged to the aisle and, if so, indicates its extent.
RECUMBENT SLAB. This slab lies to the south of the fragment just described. It is 2 feet 2 inches in breadth and has a present length of 5 feet 5 inches. On it is carved a male figure in plate armour, wearing a conical helmet, lying with his head on a pillow, his hands crossed on his breast. There seems to be a sword belt at the hips. The monument is incomplete, the lower part of each leg being broken off.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 18 August 1927.
