Archaeology Notes
Event ID 712465
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NT18SW 3.00 13050 82964
(NT 1305 8295) Church (NAT)
OS 25" map (1927)
NT18SW 3.01 Centred NT 13064 82959 Churchyard
Rebuilt in 1826 by James Gillespie Graham
Nave built in 1903 by Henry F. Kerr
Interior by Dr Peter McGregor Chalmers
REFERENCE: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND
"Uncatalogued MSS of General Hutton" Vol.1 Plates 1 & 2 - Antique Stone Font
(Undated) information in NRS.
The Church of St Peter, Inverkeithing, was granted to the Monastery of Dunfermline in 1139. No trace of this church remains. The later church, of which the tower only remains was probably built about 1480.
A H Millar 1895.
In the church at Inverkeithing, traces of Middle Gothic can still be seen, and at the SE corner, possibly an earlier style. A wall found in constructing the present vestry may have been the north side of the apse of a Norman Church.
The church of Inverkeithing was granted to Dunfermline Abbey (38 NE 1) and confirmed by Two Bulls in 1182 and 1184. It was consecrated, or reconsecrated by Bishop De Bernham on 26 August 1244.
W Stephen 1921.
Parish Church, Inverkeithing. In 1825, the parish church, dedicated to St Peter was destroyed by fire, the only part that survived entire being the west tower. When the church was rebuilt on the foundations of the nave in the following year, this tower was retained in its original position. The body of its dates from the 14th century, though the parapet is not earlier than the 16th century.
RCAHMS 1933.
Some of the stones at, and in the region of the south-east corner of the present edifice, suggests that the Church may have been of pre-Norman style. The church of First Gothic style was probably the one dedicated by Bishop de Bernham in 1244.
W Stephen 1938.
The Parish Church of St Peter is in use for public worship.
Visited by OS (AC) 12 March 1959.
NT 13065 82958 A programme of archaeological works was undertaken in the Graveyard of St Peter's Parish Church, Inverkeithing, Fife, on behalf of John Wilson and Sons. The works were carried out from the 13th to the 14th February 2007. The works uncovered no archaeological features, though did expose the foundation stones for the vestry. No articulated skeletons were exposed in the trench however an amount of disarticulated skeletal material was recovered that may indicate the disturbance of graves during the building of the vestry. The disturbance is also shown by the presence of modern white ceramic and glass detritus within the pit.
Douglas Gordon (Information from Oasis - rathmell1-23456), 14-Mar-2007.
