Archaeology Notes
Event ID 712597
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NT17NE 18 18974 76847
(NT 1897 7683) Cramond parish church, originally dedicated to St Columba, has been twice altered between 1891 and 1921, and is now mainly a modern structure. The tower, dating from the 15th century, is the oldest part remaining, but there appears to be 14th century masonry re-used in the main body of the church, which was rebuilt in 1656; the aisles were extended in 1701 and 1811, when the parapet was added to the tower.
A bronze ring, 3/8" broad and 3/4" in diameter, inscribed with Anglo-Saxon runes was found in 1870 3' below the surface when digging a grave near the oldest part of the church. It is now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no: NJ 19).
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1921; G Stephens 1873; NMAS 1892
No change to previous information.
Visited by OS (BS) 11 December 1975
A circular enamelled copper-alloy mount was discovered in the 1970's as a chance find in the churchyard.
C Bourke and J Close-Brooks 1990.
For Cramond Parish Church, Grave Yard, see NT17NE 131.
NT 1895 7683 Approximately 4m, or 12 courses, up the W part of the N face of the tower is a block of pale grey sandstone about 0.6m long by just over 0.1m wide. it appears to be a string-course or basal block, with an ogee or rolled upper edge.
C A-Kelly 2004
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
N.B. This reference applies collectively to NT17NE 18 and NT17NE 131.
Address: Cramond Parish Church and Churchyard, Glebe Road, Edinburgh
Postcode: EH4 6NS
Status: Closed for burials but maintained
Size: Churchyard: 0.39 hectares, 0.96 acres
Polygon: No
TOIDs:
Number of gravestones: Not Known
Earliest gravestone: Not Known
Most recent gravestone: Not Known
Description: Church with burial vault, burial ground associated with a church
Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 13 September 2005; Bereavement Services Portal checked 13 September 2005.
