Dalziel, St Patrick's Church And Burial Ground
Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Site Name Dalziel, St Patrick's Church And Burial Ground
Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Dalziel Park
Canmore ID 45718
Site Number NS75SE 3
NGR NS 7548 5485
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45718
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Dalziel
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Motherwell
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS75SE 3.00 7548 5485
NS75SE 3.01 7548 5485 Cist: Long
NS75SE 3.02 75501 54864 Mausoleum
NS75SE 3.02 75534 54917 Gazebo
(NS 7548 5485) Site of St Patrick's Church (NR)
OS 6" map (1938)
The old church of Dalziel removed in 1798 was granted to the Abbots and monks of Paisley in the 12th century and was dedicated to St Patrick, the grant being confirmed in 1209 (New Statistical Account [NSA] 1845, J Clason).
Sneddon and Stevenson 1926; J A Wilson 1937
The site of St Patrick's Church is occupied by a small burial ground. No traces of foundations were seen.
Visited by OS (JLD) 28 August 1953
NS 75489 54858 (Canmore ID: 45718) Archaeology Scotland conducted a series of vegetation clearance workshops, 18 – 26 August 2016, with the Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (CAVLP) at St Patrick’s Church and burial ground. The vegetation workshops were carried out with
volunteers from CAVLP, North Lanarkshire Council Rangers, Phoenix Futures and Clydesdale Community Initiative. The burial ground was heavily overgrown with weeds and ivy, which were removed by hand, or cut to ground level. All cut vegetation was removed from the site. Ivy that was
growing on gravestones and markers was cut at its base to kill the plants. No vegetation was pulled from the grave stones, in order to preserve their integrity. Interpretation and conservation workshops at the burial ground are planned for 2017.
Archive and report: NRHE (intended)
Funder: HLF, HES, North Lanarkshire Council and CAVLP
Phil Richardson and Susan Buckham – Archaeology Scotland
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
Field Visit
Four carved faces of a Celtic style on the eastern outer facing wall of St Patricks Church yard. The four faces are carved on three large sandstone stones. Each face is slightly different, from left to right facing the wall, they are 17cm by 10cm, 16cm by 13cm and 15cm by 10cm in extent with a smaller face, directly above the right most face measuring 5cm by 4cm. The faces are roughly 0.3m from the ground surface.
Information from the Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (Northlight Heritage), 2019
