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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 719876
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/719876
NT54NW 6 5328 4791.
(NT 5328 4791) Church (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1968)
A sycamore tree about 60 yds from the W front of Thirlestane Castle marks the site of the pre-Reformation church. It was removed in 1673, when the present church was built (at NT 5309 4752). Several tombstones were also removed to the present churchyard at the same time. In 1827, when the drainage through Thirlestane Castle grounds was being overhauled, a stone vault, containing several skeletons, was discovered.
A Thomson 1903
Richard de Morville built a church near Castle Hill in the 12th c. It stood a little W of the N wing of Thirlestane Castle, and was built in the shape of a cross. It appears on Blaeu's map of 1654.
R Romanes 1903; W M'Conachie 1913.
NT 5326 4791. The site of the old church was pointed out by a gardener who has worked on the estate for about forty years. No remains are now visible, and no further information was obtained.
Visited by OS (JD) 18 February 1955
Sited at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 25 September 1962.
