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Low Coylton, Old Parish Church And Graveyard
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Low Coylton, Old Parish Church And Graveyard
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 42663
Site Number NS41NW 2
NGR NS 42145 19244
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42663
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Coylton (South Ayrshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS41NW 2 42145 19244
For successor and present parish church (NS 4221 1985), see NS41NW 13.
(NS 4214 1924) Church (NR) (rems of)
OS 6" map (1967)
The present parish church of Coylton was built (at NS 4220 1984) in 1836, at which time its predecessor was taken down and only fragments of it remain. Paterson states that it was cruciform on plan, and is believed to have been built before the Reformation, though the earliest date inscribed on it was '1648'. This may have been a reference to repairs. The building was small, but its walls were 4ft thick.
J Paterson 1863; G Hay 1957; NSA 1845 (A Duncan)
The remains of this church consist of its west gable and belfry, and a fragment of the south wall, containing an arch. The gable-end stands to its original height and the wall is of rubble masonry. The datestone mentioned by Paterson was not seen.
Visited by OS (JLD) 13 May 1954
The west gable and the arched south wall section are well preserved. The small roofed building to the north of these walls may also have been part of the church, perhaps the north transept. It is 7.4m by 4.1m and has had a 2.0m long extension added at some fairly recent date.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (MJF) 1 October 1980
Field Visit (April 1985)
Coylton, Old Parish Church and Burial-ground NS 4214 1924 NS41NW 2
The fragmentary remains of this church stand within a walled burial-ground in the village of Low Coylton. Whilst portions of the existing building are medieval, the structure has been subject to a number of alterations. The church was gable-ended and rectangular on plan (23.8m by 5.5m within walls up to 1 m thick), with aisles on the N and S. In 1836, with the completion of the new parish church, the building was largely dismantled. All that remains is the W gable (supporting a 17th-century belfry), the N (Hamilton) aisle, the arched entrance to the S aisle (wrought with a chamfered arris), and a fragment of the E end of the N wall incorporating a richly moulded arched tomb-recess of late medieval date (now the N wall of a more recent burial-enclosure). A graveslab, bearing the date 1603, lies within the burial-enclosure.
RCAHMS 1985, visited April 1985.
(Stat Acct, i, 1791, 102; NSA, v, Ayr, 655, 662-3; Paterson 1863-6, i, 216; Chalmers 1887-1902, vi, 527; Scott 1915-61, iii, 20; Hay 1957, 248; Cowan 1967, 36).
