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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 715997
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/715997
NT35NW 4 3055 5762.
(NT 3055 5762) Clerkington Church (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Clerkington Church originally consisted of a small nave and chancel. There are a number of 18th c gravestones around the site. "The church was granted to Newbattle Abbey in 1338, the charter being confirmed in 1359, but later it was given to the Collegiate Church of Corstorphine (H Scott 1950). The parish was united to Temple in 1618 (J C Carrick 1904).
RCAHMS 1929
The remains of Clerkington Church measuring about 17.0m E-W x 6.0m transversely, consist of grass covered lower courses of walling 0.6-0.7m high. The church lies within a disused burial ground visible as a raised platform enclosed by a turf covered wall.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 12 February 1970
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (JP) 5 November 1975
