Archaeology Notes

Event ID 719727

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT67SW 8 62152 74276

(NT 6215 7427) Church (NR) (Remains of)

OS 6" map (1957)

The remains of the former parish church, presumably that built in 1561 on its transfer from Pitcox (NT67NW 15). The whole structure appears to be 16th c. although the apparently 14th c. finial on the structure covering the Well of the Holy Rood (NT67SW 7) is said to have come from this church.

The church has been oblong, with a tower at the west end (in use as a dovecot in 1915), and a small sacristy (used as a burial-place by the Sydserffs of Ruchlaw) projecting from the north wall. The walls, of roughly coursed rubble, stand to a maximum height of 8ft.

RCAHMS 1924; J R Walker 1883

As described above.

Revised at 25".

Visited by OS (RD) 6 April 1966.