Standing Building Recording

Date May 2013 - September 2013

Event ID 993730

Category Recording

Type Standing Building Recording

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NT 51893 73635 In May – September 2013 a group from the U3A worked as part of the Peter Potter Gallery Monument Project to record features on the S side of the grand parish church of Haddington. This church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and first mentioned in 1139, when it was granted to St Andrews by David I. However, during the Siege of Haddington (1547/8) the building was largely destroyed by both undermining and cannon fire. The surviving masonry is pock marked with bullet holes from arquebus shot. The record of the 428 bullet holes provided an insight into their direction and impact trajectory, and allowed the production of a complex heat map and calculation of the firing direction of the bullets.

Archive: Connolly Heritage Consultancy and RCAHMS

Funder: Connolly Heritage Consultancy and Amisfield Preservation Trust

David Connolly, Connolly Heritage Consultancy, 2013

(Source: DES)