Walton Hill, Crawford Mausoleum
Mausoleum (18th Century)
Site Name Walton Hill, Crawford Mausoleum
Classification Mausoleum (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crawford Priory, Family Mausoleum; Kirkton Of Cults; Lady Mary's Wood
Canmore ID 31479
Site Number NO31SE 100
NGR NO 35636 10310
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31479
- Council Fife
- Parish Cults
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO31SE 100 35636 10310
Tomb [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
Formerly also entered in error as NO30NW 161 at cited location NO c. 347 099.
For surrounding fort (Lady Mary's Wood), see NO31SE 27.
DATE: c. 1760
(See catalogue for complete RCAHMS Collection).
(Undated) informarion in NMRS.
Large, classical, roughly cruciform-plan mausoleum, now derelict and semi ruinous, built on site of prehistoric fort. Polished ashlar, mostly V-channelled. Blocked entrance to north west, round-headed opening in projecting pedimented porch, originally with flanking columns, but these destroyed. Stands in rectangular enclosure with rubble-built retaining walls; tall, square, rusticated ashlar gatepiers to west.
First used in 1781 for George 21st Earl of Crawford but A H Millar suggests building contemporaneous with Crawford Lodge (ie 1758). (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
