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Nemphlar Church
Chapel (Medieval)(Possible), Church (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Nemphlar Church
Classification Chapel (Medieval)(Possible), Church (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Chapel Knowe
Canmore ID 46641
Site Number NS84SE 74
NGR NS 8637 4464
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46641
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Lanark
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS84SE 74 c.855 445
Nemphlar, in the reign of King William the Lion, seems to have had a church of its own, which, after its annexation by that king to Lanark, became a chapel dependent on the mother church. Its site was at East Nemphlar, probably at a spot called 'Alman's appletree'.
Orig Paroch Scot 1851; I B Cowan 1967
Change Of Location (14 March 2023)
The medieval chapel and or church at Nemphlar (NS84SE 74) is known only from documentary sources, and its position has previously been cited as NS c.855 445, to the W of Nemphlar. This is evidently in error as ‘Alman’s Appletree’, cited by the previous authority, is depicted on Roy’s Military Map (1747-55) to the NE of Nemphlar. Further confirmation of the approximate location of the building is provided by the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (1860) which depicts ‘Chapel Knowe’ at NS 8637 4464. The contemporary OS Name Book describes Chapel Knowe as ‘A small oblong shaped wooded knoll, steep on all sides. It is generally believed in the neighbourhood that a chapel stood in the vicinity at [?] time, but where is not known’ (Lanarkshire Book No. 43, p.18). Chapel Knowe is depicted on the current OS 1:10,000 map and is covered in deciduous woodland.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (G F Geddes), 14 March 2023.
