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Tayport, Castle Street, Parish Church, Churchyard
Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Churchyard (Post Medieval)
Site Name Tayport, Castle Street, Parish Church, Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Churchyard (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 118972
Site Number NO42NE 107.01
NGR NO 45917 28691
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/118972
- Council Fife
- Parish Ferry-port-on-craig
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
Field Visit (10 August 1927)
Armorial Stones, &c., Parish Church.
A lintel bearing two coats of arms is built into the west face of the tower of the modern parish church. The dexter shield, accompanied by the initials S.M.H. bears: Within a bordure (?) a chevron, in chief a crescent between two mullets. The sinister shield, flanked by the initials I.B. bears: Within a double tressure, flory-counter-flory, a lion rampant, for Buchanan. Two armorial panels have been inserted in the wall beneath the lintel. In the dexter panel, the shield, flanked by the date 1644, is parted per pale: dexter, within a single tressure flory a lion rampant, for Buchanan; sinister, a chevron, in chief a crescent between two mullets. The shield of the sinister panel, flanked by the date 164-, is parted per pale: dexter, Quarterly, Ist and 4th, a bend between two cross crosslets fitchy, 2nd and 3rd, a billet? ; sinister, within a single tressure flory a lion rampant, for Buchanan.
Built into the north gable of the church is a stone bearing the date 1607.
To the east of the church lies a worn recumbent tombstone of the 17th century bearing two shields. The dexter shield, flanked by the initials I.F., bears: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, and 2nd and 3rd, three mullets. The sinister shield, flanked by the initials A.P., bears: Within a bordure, three pelicans vulned, and in chief, a bezant between two crescents, for Paterson.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 10 August 1927.
