Collace, Old Parish Church
Church (Medieval), Mausoleum (19th Century)
Site Name Collace, Old Parish Church
Classification Church (Medieval), Mausoleum (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Nairne Mausoleum; Collace Old Church; Kirkton Of Collace, Old Church Of St Euchan
Canmore ID 28606
Site Number NO13SE 13
NGR NO 19693 31972
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28606
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Collace
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO13SE 13 19693 31972
For present parish church (NO 1967 3198), see NO13SE 32.
(NO 1970 3198) Mausoleum formerly the Church (NR)
OS 6" map (1901)
The old church at Collace, of which only the walls stand, was converted into the Nairne Mausoleum after the death of Lord Dunsinane in 1812. It is a rectangular rubble-built enclosure with a battlemented top (probably of 1813) and has a very fine semicircular chancel arch of the 13th century which was considerably repaired c.1813.
NSA 1845; Name Book 1864.
NO13SE 13.00 19672 31976 Collace, Old Parish Church
NO13SE 13.01 19699 31980 Collace, Old Parish Churchyard
NO13SE 13.01 19725 31971 Morthouse
Field Visit (17 December 1969)
The Nairne Mausoleum is as described by the above authorities.
Visited by OS (RD) 17 February 1969.
Photographic Survey (1986)
Recording of gravestones in the churchyard of Collace Old Parish Church, by Mrs Betty Willsher in 1986.
Field Visit (December 1989)
The medieval parish church of Collace stood to the S of the present church (1813) on the site now occupied by the Nairne of Dunsinnan Aisle (c.1813).
A fine (partially-restored) processional doorway of late 12th- or early 13th-century date has been incorporated into the middle of the S wall of the aisle. Within the burial-ground, there are a fragment of a medieval disc-headed cross and a number of 18th-century gravestones.
The Parsonage in on record by 1287, and the church was dedicated to St Euchan.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) December 1989.
OSA 1791-9; NSA 1845; J M MacKinlay 1914; H Scott 1915-61; I B Cowan 1967.
Resistivity (22 August 2007 - 27 August 2007)
NO 1969 3197 An exploratory resistivity survey of Collace churchyard carried out from 22–7 August 2007 failed to find direct evidence of the remains of the former medieval church. Regional resistivity variations, however, support the idea that the Nairne burial aisle, which was built on the site of the old church, maintains the orientation of the demolished building.
Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS. Copy of report deposited with Perth and Kinross SMR.
Funder: Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust.
