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Cleish Parish Churchand War Memorial
Church (19th Century) (1832), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Cleish Parish Churchand War Memorial
Classification Church (19th Century) (1832), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkton Of Cleish, St Mary's Church; Cleish Kirk
Canmore ID 163296
Site Number NT09NE 43
NGR NT 09467 98111
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/163296
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Cleish
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Kinross-shire
NT09NE 43.00 NT 09467 98111
NT09NE 43.01 0951 9813 Manse
NT09NE 43.02 09457 98110 Churchyard
NT 0946 9811 A watching brief was conducted on the formation of a new access ramp for Cleish Parish Church in March 2006. The present church is a Victorian rebuild of an Adam design, but an earlier church is known on the site, and various aspects of its topography strongly suggest considerable antiquity. Firm natural gravel was found directly under topsoil. The existing kirkyard wall is founded directly on the gravel, and another short stretch of wall foundation was clearly a continuation of an existing modern wall. No significant archaeological remains were disturbed.
Archive lodged with NMRS.
Sponsor: Cleish Parish Church.
David Bowler, 2006.
Watching Brief (March 2006)
NT 0946 9811 A watching brief was conducted on the formation of a new access ramp for Cleish Parish Church in March 2006. The present church is a Victorian rebuild of an Adam design, but an earlier church is known on the site, and various aspects of its topography strongly suggest considerable antiquity. Firm natural gravel was found directly under topsoil. The existing kirkyard wall is founded directly on the gravel, and another short stretch of wall foundation was clearly a continuation of an existing modern wall. No significant archaeological remains were disturbed.
Archive lodged with NMRS.
Sponsor: Cleish Parish Church.
D Bowler 2006
Watching Brief (6 August 2013 - 11 November 2013)
A watching brief was carried out on all below ground excavations associated with the construction of a new vestry and disabled access ramp. A moderate assemblage of disarticulated human bone was recovered from two of the vestry foundation trenches and will be reburied in the new foundations of the vestry. A linear cut feature recorded in the northern foundation trench may represent an earlier graveyard boundary line. Nothing relating to the earlier church on the site was recovered.
Information from Oasis (derekhal1-144789) 15 November 2013
