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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 689325

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/689325

NO50NW 8.00 53169 06550

NO50NW 8.01 53157 06536 Churchyard

NO50NW 16.00 53213 06307 Carnbee House (Carnbee Manse)

(NO 5317 0654) Church (NR)

OS 6" map (1912-38)

Carneby - listed as a church in the Presbytery of St Andrews (Martine MS.). Carnbee - listed as a parish with name of incumbent and patron. "...the church here belonged to the abbacy of Dunfermline.

R Sibbald 1803

The church of Carnbee is very old and of Gothic construction. It has been extensively repaired during the last 40 years and "it would be better to build a new church than to repair the old fabric".

Statistical Account (OSA) 1794

The church was built in 1793.

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845 (A Taylor)

The church of Carnbee was under the charge of the Abbey of Dunfermline in pre-Reformation times and was rebuilt in 1793.

A H Millar 1895

Carnbee Church - "A small stone building...built about the year 1793 on the site of what was formerly a Roman Catholic place of worship.

Name Book 1853

There is no trace of the pre-reformation church. The present church is in normal use.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 20 August 1968

Following on from work carried out previously (DES 1999, 45), surveys were made of several churchyards in Fife.

NO 531 065 227 memorials were recorded.

Reports have been lodged with Fife Council Archaeology Unit and the NMRS.

Sponsors: Fife Council Archaeology Unit, Fife Family History Society, RCAHMS

S Farrell 2000.

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