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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 728582
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/728582
NX65SW 2 60550 53379.
(NX 6055 5337) Church (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
The old parish church of Girthon occupies a site dating back at least to the 13th century (I F MacLeod 1969). The existing building an oblong, which measures 69' by 20' within 3' thick walls, is roofless and in a very bad state or repair. The greater part of it was reconstructed c. 1625, but parts of the E gable and the E end of the S wall are of pre-Reformation date; there is a piscina of probably 16th century date in the S wall. The side walls stand 12' 8" high, and the height from the ground to the apex of the E gable is c 22'. The building was in use until 1817 or 1818 when the present church was built.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911; G Hay 1957
As described; the dedication is not known.
Visited by OS (RD) 24 February 1972.
