Desk Based Assessment
Date 29 July 1966
Event ID 725580
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/725580
NX46NW 7.00 41016 66559
(NX 4101 6656) Church (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
NX46NW 7.01 NX 40990 66573 Heron Monument
NX46NW 7.02 NX 41026 66557 Cross-slabs
For successor and present parish church (adjacent to N), see NX46NW 172.
Practically nothing is known of the history of this church which was abandoned in 1836. The first recorded reference to a church here was in 1209 when its parson attested a deed. It is not described by the RCAHMS. Two cross slabs, apparently head stones of 11th century date, stand a few feet out from the wall in the NE corner of the church. One, 2ft 10ins high, and 6 1/2 to 10 1/2 ins in width, is sculptured on three sides, the front face bearing a cross, the back a fish and monster, and the right hand side the figure of a man. It was found serving as a lintel in the old market house when it was demolished about 1880. The other cross is 4ft 3ins high and 13 to 17ins in width, and bears a cross similar to the other, with 5 small dots in its centre, and below it a rough pattern of straight lines. It was found forming a doorstep to the old church.. There are two heraldic panels built into the inner side of the E wall of the church.
Information from OS (SW) 29 July 1966
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; RCAHMS 1914; R G Collingwood 1925; R C Reid 1926
