Archaeology Notes

Event ID 692438

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO64SW 7.00 60163 40557

NO64SW 7.01 60167 40542 Churchyard

NO64SW 7.02 60180 40518 Hearse House

Arbirlot parish church was built in 1832 and added to in 1886; it stands on an early site dedicated to St Ninian, asserted at have been monastic by some authorities. However, Cowan and Easson state that though Maurice, abbot of Arbirlot witnesses charters c.1201 x 1214, his office may have been titular, and there is no record of the foundation or of a community of monks here. (See also NO64SW 69).

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; J Stuart 1867; A J Warden 1881; W D Simpson 1935; G Hay 1957; I B Cowan and D E Easson 1976

Arbirlot church is completely modern with no early masonry.

Visited by OS 6 June 1958.