Alva, St Serf's Parish Church, Churchyard
Church (Medieval), Gravestone(S) (17th Century)
Site Name Alva, St Serf's Parish Church, Churchyard
Classification Church (Medieval), Gravestone(S) (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Alva Parish Church Of St Serf
Canmore ID 138987
Site Number NS89NE 14.02
NGR NS 88733 97311
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/138987
- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Alva
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Clackmannanshire
Field Visit (August 1977)
Alva Chruch NS 887 973 NS89NE 14 and 16
Traditional site of the medieval church of St Servanus; a new church was erected in 1631, and this was replaced in the 19th century by the present church of St Serf, which incorporates datestones of 1631 and 1637. There are no visible signs of any earlier church, but the graveyard contains stones of 17th-century date.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977
(Stat. Acct. xviii, 1796, 137-9; RCAHMS 1933, No. 603)
Photographic Record (1985)
Recording of gravestones in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva, Clackmannanshire, by Mrs Betty Willsher in 1985.
