Archaeology Notes

Event ID 705543

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS67SE 3 65217 74078

(NS 6522 7407) Ch (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1980)

Auld Kirk Historical Centre (NAT)

OS 1:1250 map, (1966)

A chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and mentioned in 1379 stood on the spot now occupied by the present parish church, built in 1644. Also dedicated to St Mary, it replaced the previous parish church, dedicated to St Ninian, noted on NS67SE 4.

Orig Parch Scot 1851; G Chalmers 1890; T Watson 1894

This church is in a very bad state of repair and is not now in use, a new parish church having been built 1912-14 at NS 6547 7387.

Visited by OS (J F C) 19 February 1954; Information from the Kirkintilloch Herald 16 September 1914.

The Old Parish Church of St Mary, now a museum (HBD list No. 1) is cruciform on plan, the four gables being crowstepped; it has a modern museum doorway and approach steps. The walls, once harled, were picked clean in 1890 when various renovations were carried out.

G Hay 1957.