Carstairs Church
Church (18th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Carstairs Church
Classification Church (18th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Canmore ID 47624
Site Number NS94NW 10
NGR NS 93882 46067
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47624
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carstairs
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS94NW 10.00 93882 46067
NS94NW 10.01 NS 93897 46062 Churchyard
(NS 9388 4608) Church (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
The church of Carstairs was confirmed to Bishop Engelram of Glasgow in 1170 (Orig Paroch Scot 1851). It was dedicated to St Mary.
In the churchyard there is a large stone, the springer for an octagonal pillar for the ribs of a groined roof. There are two similar stones at Carstairs House. There is also an ancient sundial in the churchyard (Trans Scot Eccles Soc 1915). The present church was built in 1794 (NSA 1845).
H Scott (Fasti Eccles) 1920
Enquiries at the manse failed to confirm that the present church (still in use) is on the site of the church dedicated to St Mary. The sundial, bearing the date 1797, is still in the churchyard but the springer for the octagonal pillar could not be found; the two similar stones allegedly at Carstairs House were not seen; enquiries there proved negative.
Visited by OS (RD) 3 January 1968.
