Measured Survey

Date January 2003

Event ID 922422

Category Recording

Type Measured Survey

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NR 9865 9722 A topographic survey was carried out in January 2003 of the graveyard at Killevin Church and of the adjacent ground within Crarae Garden which adjoins it to the NW. The stone-built mausoleum within the graveyard measures 7 x 6m, and is located at the E end of an oval mound, c 20m long by 16m wide at the base and 8m wide at the top. This mound stands

c 0.6m high, is aligned E-W, and most likely represents the foundations of an earlier church. About 30m to the S of the mausoleum is a curvilinear scarped edge which clearly represents an earlier boundary wall around the church and graveyard, and is divided in two by a pathway. It remains unclear whether this boundary once formed a curvilinear enclosure around the church or simply one side of the graveyard.

A 5 x 1m trench was excavated 4.4m outside the existing drystone wall which forms the NW boundary of the graveyard. The trench was excavated to examine a scarped edge, 0.6m high, on this side of the graveyard, which might represent either a continuation of the earlier church boundary wall or part of the church itself. Excavation revealed a bank of stone 0.7m high and at least 2.2m wide composed of large boulders, some over 0.6 x 0.2m. On the NW edge of this stone bank were some smaller stones, perhaps tumble, from which a sherd of green-glazed medieval pottery, slag, charcoal and burnt bone were recovered.

Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.

Sponsor: NTS.

D Alexander 2003