Kirkton
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kirkton
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Crawford
Canmore ID 47426
Site Number NS92SW 19
NGR NS 93230 21139
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47426
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS92SW 19 93230 21139.
(NS 9323 2114) Church (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Crawford church, dedicated to St Constantine the Martyr, was confirmed to Holyrood Abbey in 1164. The ruins of the church, rebuilt in 1670 stand in its burial ground at Kirkton farm.
H Scott 1920; G V Irving and A Murray 1864; J Porteous 1876
Only part of the walls of St Constantine's Church remains, about 2ft high. The small rectangular space on the S side is used as a tomb.
Name Book 1858
All that remains of this church is a very small fragment of wall. The churchyard is completely overgrown and contains several very old tombstones.
Visited by OS (JD) 9 July 1955
All that survives of the church is the west wall with short stretches of the north and south walls which are 12.7m and 6.5m respectively. It is 6.5m in overall width with crudely mortared walling 0.8m wide and up to 0.9m high. A 1.5m wide gap in the north wall may be the entrance and several grave stones now stand in the interior. The church is situated in a graveyard which has been in use until recently.
Church surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 19 July 1978
Geophysical Survey (February 1990)
Detailed survey of several sites in the area prior to the M74 motorway.
