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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 689252
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/689252
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(NO 5218 0343) Abercrombie Church (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map (1938)
There are five sculptured stones, showing Celtic ornament, in the walls of Abercrombie Church.
J Stuart 1856; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903.
The chapel of Abercrombie was granted to Dunfermline Abbey by William the Lion in 1165. It was dedicated in 1247.
D H Fleming 1886
The roofless ruin of Abercrombie Church measures 46 1/2' x 23' externally. The gables are crow-stepped and the S gable is recessed from the wall head. The present entrance is in the N wall; fragments of early tombstones are built into its jambs.
There are also several late medieval stones outside the church.
RCAHMS 1933.
