Archaeology Notes

Event ID 711121

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT13SW 5 1028 3298

(NT 1028 3298) Church (NR) (Remains of)

OS 6" map, (1967).

Old Parish Church, Glenholm. All that survives of this church is a fragment of the SE corner, measuring 12ft by 7ft within walls about 2ft 10in. thick, and this has been preserved only because it supports the memorial of Mr Simon Kellie, a former minister of the parish, who died in 1748. In the churchyard there are no stones visible of a date earlier than 1707.

The church of Glenholm, dedicated to St Cuthbert, is on record as early as the 13th century, and the site was no doubt in continuous occupation from that time until 1810, when the parish of Glenholm was combined with that of Broughton. The church was rebuilt in 1775.

A stone coffin was found when gravedigging a few years before 1924, it was covered up again before being examined by an expert (A Baird 1924).

RCAHMS 1967, visited 1958.

The remains are as described.

Visited by OS (IA) 22 August 1972.

As part of the continuing re-survey of Tweeddale the following principal sites have been recorded:

NT 1030 3299 Burnt mound.

A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.

Sponsors: Biggar Museum Trust, Peeblesshire Archaeological Society.

T Ward 2000.