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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 720186
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/720186
NT77SE 4.00 76657 71896
For (nearby) Dunglass House, see NT77SE 7.00.
For possible adjacent (deserted) village, see NT77SE 28.
(NT 7664 7189) Collegiate Church (LB).
OS 6" map, (1959).
The Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary originated as the Chapel of St Mary of Dunglass, extant 1423, which was promoted to Collegiate Church status about 1443. There was a Hospital for the Poor, dedicated to St Mary and John the Baptist, attached to the church.
It is not known when the church went out of use. It would not be used as a secular college after the Acts of Parliament in 1563 and 1567 abolishing the mass, but 17th century tombstones in the north transept point to its being used at least as a place of burial in that century. During the 18th century it was relegated to use as a stable and argricultural store, but in spite of this is still very well preserved. Built of yellowish ashlar, it is of 15th century work throughout and, except for the central tower, is still roofed with stone slabs.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 19 August 1915; D E Easson 1957; V G Childe and W D Simpson 1961.
As described and illustrated by the previous authorities, except that a MoW plaque inside the church states the 'Dunglass Collegiate Church was founded in 1450 by Sir Alexander Hume'.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 5 April 1966.
NT 766 719 In the lowest course of the E side of the NE corner of the NE burial aisle are two blocks carved with finely cut and proportioned, straight-sided vertical fluting, with a semi-circular fork at the top of the hollow. The S block has four ridges and three hollows and appears complete. The N block has a broken S edge, with three ridges and three hollows of widths different from those on the other. Both blocks are 0.3m high, the S is 0.35m wide, while the N is 0.4m wide, and they are of the same pale grey sandstone as the rest of the building. They seem to be of primary construction rather than secondary insertions. Only the S block bears any trace of erosion.
C A-Kelly 2000.
