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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 686929
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/686929
NO40SE 11 48564 02035
NO40SE 187.00 48533 02029 Kilconquhar Parish Church
(NO 4856 0203) Church (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1854)
Kilconquhar Cum Capella is noted as occurring in 11th William (1176 - William I inferred).
R Sibbald 1803
In 1820, when the present church was built, the foundations of the old church were found 15' below ground level. The church is supposed to be of Culdee origin, the suggested derivation being Kil-Conneuchar, i.e. the cell of Conacher. It was granted to the convent of North Berwick in 1200, and was re-dedicated in 1243.
A H Millar 1895
Kilconquhar is 'Conchobar's church'. The saint does not occur in the Irish calendars, but 'Cell Conchubair' is mentioned in the Book of Fermoy.
W J Watson 1926
The remains of the Old Parish Church of Kilconquhar stand in the churchyard, E of the modern church and consist of three arches of indeterminate date, each some 12' wide. One of the corbels which carried the beam supporting the roof of the aisle survives at the E end. The arcade is incorporated in a burial chamber, part of the back wall of which may have belonged to the aisle. The remains of a recumbent slab showing a figure in armour lie to the S of the church.
The arches indicate a structure of very late date, probably about the time of the Reformation.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1897; RCAHMS 1933, visited 1927.
The remains are as described by the RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (JP) 30 May 1974
