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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 686512

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO26SW 3.00 21492 60455

For nearby Lady Well, see NO26SW 4.

(NO 2149 6045) The Church of Glenylit or Glenlyefe (Glenisla) was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. It was gifted to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth by King William the Lion, and is mentioned in the Taxation of 1275. It was in the diocese of Brechin. The patronage of the church was transferred to the Abbots of Cupar in 1311. In 1574 mention is made of the minister there. The present building was erected in 1821.

Nearby, to the south of the church, was the Lady Well - now filled up (See NO26SW 4)

A J Warden 1880-5.

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