Archaeology Notes

Event ID 724013

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT85NE 23.00 86964 56030

NT85NE 23.01 86985 56033 Churchyard with Mort-House and War Memorial

(NT 86964 56030) Chirnside church was extensively restored and altered in 1907. The only original feature remaining is the Norman doorway at the W end of the S wall (SDD undated). A modern stone porch has been erected over this doorway, whose style indicates that the church was probably built in the mid-12th century. The original building was of simple Norman type, oblong on plan, c 78' x 23'. Fragmentary portions of side wells remain, probably indicating the site of a porch. There was also a vaulted W tower, which was taken down in 1750.

RCAHMS 1915, visited 1913.

In normal use.

Visited by OS (JP) 14 December 1972.