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Field Visit
Date 1 July 1915
Event ID 1114376
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1114376
Parish Church, Carrington.
The present church lies within the village and was erected in 1711; it superseded a 14th-century structure which was situated within the still existing churchyard, that lies ½ mile north-north-east of the village. The 18th-century burial vault of the Ramsays of Whitehill stands on the site of the chancel, as is recorded in an inscription on its south wall. The gravestones within the churchyard date from the end of the 17th century and are of no great interest. The more interesting of these are illustrated and described in the Proc. Soc. Ant. Scat., xliv (1909-10), pp.66-76.
BELLS. The bell of the present church is understood to bear an inscription and a date but is at present inaccessible. A small handbell, 7 inches in diameter at skirt and 7 inches high from skirt to crown, serves as the school bell. It apparently dates from the late 17th or early 18th century.
HISTORICAL NOTE. The old church of Carrington, locally pronounced ‘Cairnton’ (1), belonged to the Abbey of Scone from the twelfth century (2). It was later (1374) exchanged with the Bishop of St. Andrews for the church of Blair, as being too far from Scone to be fully serviceable (3). The barony and patronage came into possession of Sir Archibald Primrose, who was raised to the Bench with the title Lord Carrington, but his successor, James, became first Viscount Primrose in 1703, when the name of the parish was changed to Primrose, though the older name persists.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1 July 1915
(1) Stat. Acct., xiv, p. 430 ; (2) Liber. Eccl. De Scon, Nos. 5, 18, etc.; (3) lb., No. 185.
