Field Visit
Date 7 April 1989
Event ID 1112205
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1112205
The medieval parish church of Caputh stood in the burial-ground on Mute Hill, where its site is indicated by a depression measuring 22m from E to W by 7.8m transversely. At the E end of the depression there is a 17th-century burial-vault, whose W wall incorporates a mock Romanesque chancelarch; a slit window in the S wall may have been inserted into an earlier window opening, and there are also traces of what may be the E side of another blocked opening to the E. A plaque inside the vault states that it was formerly part of the chancel of the church.
Within the burial-ground there are numerous 18th-century gravestones, and at least two of 17th-century date. One of the 17th-century stones (1668) lies immediately SW of the vault; the other (1640) lies immediately W of the depression.
The medieval church was built when the parish of Caputh was erected from Little Dunkeld by Bishop George Brown of Dunkeld (1484-1505/6), but in 1798 it was replaced by the present church (NO04SE 45) which stands 500m to the ENE (at NO 0881 4007).
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) 7 April 1989.
Statistical Account (OSA) 1793; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; Hannay 1915; I B Cowan 1967; RCAHMS 1994.
