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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 723115
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/723115
NT74NW 19.00 74995 47492
NT74NW 19.01 74802 49577 Manse
NT74NW 19.02 74786 49557 Manse, Walled Garden
NT74NW 19.03 74781 49585 Manse, SW Steading Range
NT74NW 19.04 74781 49599 Manse, NW Steading Range
NT74NW 19.05 74793 49600 Manse, E Steading Range
NT74NW 19.06 74801 49687 Manse, Bridge
NT74NW 19.07 74806 49701 Manse, Gate Piers
(NT 74995 47492) Polwarth parish church, dedicated to St Mungo, was built in 1703 on the site of an earlier structure, of which a burial vault is incorporated under the E end. It is T-shaped on plan with a tower at its W end. There is a latin inscription on the S wall stating that the church was consecrated before 900, and restored in 1378. Just inside the churchyard gate, there is a font, 2ft 9ins high and 2ft 4ins in diameter, which may be of the latter date.
G Hay 1957; RCAHMS 1915, visited 1908; R Gibson 1905.
The latin inscription states that the church was consecrated before 900, rebuilt and dedicated to St Mungo in 1242 and again rebuilt in 1378. The Norman font is now in the church, which is still in use.
Visited by OS(RD) 22 July 1970.
There was a church here by the middle of the 13th century, but there is little apparent evidence to support the claim that there was a church here before 900.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.
