Archaeology Notes
Event ID 650698
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/650698
NC80NE 13 89438 06094
(NC 8943 0609) Belfry (NR)
OS 6" map, (1964)
For (associated) Clynekirkton parish church, Pictish symbol stones and cross-slab (NC 8946 0607) and manse (NC8947 0602), see NC80NE 17.00 and NC80NE 39 respectively.
This circular bell-tower, one of only three remaining in Scotland, stands on a knoll a few yards from the old church (NC80NE 17). On harled rubble, it is 11ft 5ins high to the eaves, 5ft 3ins in diameter internally and about 10ft externally. The slated, conical roof formerly had two lucarne openings. The tower may date like the church from the 18th century, and was in use until 1825.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; G Hay 1957.
The belfry tower is as described above. The architectural style suggests a 17th century date and it may have been built when the nearby old church was repaired in 1625-6. The tower stands on a mound, wholly or partly artificial, which is revetted on the N side.
Visited by OS (E G C), 17 July 1961.
No change to report of 17 July 1961.
Visited by OS (J B), 11 November 1975.
