Archaeology Notes

Event ID 724553

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX64NE 16 6553 4601

NMRS REFERENCE

(NX 6553 4601) Senwick Church (NR) (Remains of)

OS 6" map (1957)

The ruins of this church are situated within an old burial ground. It has been oblong on plan, measuring 44' by 16' within walls which appear to have been c. 3' thick, now grass-grown and almost level with the ground. The W wall, which is the best surviving portion, is under 2' 6" high. It was given to Tongland Abbey by David II (1329-71) and confirmed c. 1355. The parish was united with Borgue in 1670.

RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911; H Scott 1917; I B Cowan 1967

EXTERNAL REFERENCE

An oblong building of dry-stone masonry, measuring 16.7m x 7.6m over dilapidated walls 1.1m wide, varying from turf-covered footings to 2.0m high at the NE angle. It has been divided into two almost equal compartments. A modern burial vault of the 'Blairs of Dundrod' abuts the SE angle and the last interment in the graveyard was in 1967.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 21 January 1971.