Archaeology Notes

Event ID 700826

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NMRS REFERENCE:

NS43NW 23.00 42824 36394 Church

NS43NW 23.01 42806 36409 Burial Ground

See also NS43NW 27

The pre-Reformation Riccarton parish church stood in the centre of the burial ground; it is first noted, as a chapel, in 1229. Chalmers states that it was almost wholly rebuilt in 1772. From the presbytery records it would appear to have been rebuilt in 1725. It was replaced by the present church (at NS 4282 3639) in 1823. The ruins of the old church are still visible. (Unroofed yards are shown on OS 25" 1856 at NS

4280 3633).

NSA 1845 (J Porteous); J Paterson 1863; G Chalmers 1820

No traces of this church exist in the old graveyard.

Visited by OS (JLD) 9 September 1954

Previous field report confirmed.

Visited by OS (JRL) 3 July 1982