Archaeology Notes

Event ID 691573

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO66NW 19.00 64983 66054 Church

NO66NW 19.01 65008 66045 Churchyard

For present parish church of Logie Pert (NO 6658 6432), see NO66SE 46.

(NO 6498 6605) Church of Pert (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

The remains of the church of Pert parish which was combined with Logie in 1610 or 1615, although the church was not abandoned until 1775 (Christison 1902).

The church is rectangular in plan measuring 43' by 18' internally, with lancet windows in both gables and a door in each of the north and south walls. The detail of these features which are now blocked up suggests a church of the close of the first pointed period, but it has obviously been almost rebuilt, probably in the 15th century. A belfry on the west gable bears the date 1676. Gilruth could trace no early references to this church and assumed that, previous to the Reformation, it had been only a chapel.

nd laurel obscure the details of this church but it obviously remains as described above. The side-walls stand to about 2.0m high and the gables to their original height. Some 17th and 18th century gravestones remain in the graveyard.

Visited by OS (J L D) 25 June 1958.

Church of Pert, as described.

Visited by OS (R L) 25 August 1971.

Following recent work consolidating the ruined church, the site was visited and a carving discovered on the skewput on the SE gable. Incised is a hammer and a circular mark which resemble carvings on 13th and 14th century calvary cross slabs. The skewput may have been fashioned from such a graveslab when the church was rebuilt in the 15th century. This fragment and the three lancet windows are the only evidence for an earlier church, not mentioned until 1574.

Sponsor: Angus District Museums.

N K Atkinson 1991.