Skirling Parish Church
Church (18th Century)
Site Name Skirling Parish Church
Classification Church (18th Century)
Canmore ID 48604
Site Number NT03NE 28
NGR NT 07522 39002
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Skirling
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT03NE 28 07522 39002
NT03NE 28.01 0753 3901 Graveyard, centre
NT03NE 28.02 07499 38980 Minister's gate
NT03NE 28.03 07551 39017 Entrance gate
(NT 0751 3899) There was a church at Skirling, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, at least as early as the end of the 13th century, but while the site itself may have been in continuous occupation since that time, the existing building appears to date only from 1720. This 18th-century church was itself much altered in 1891, and in consequence is of diminished interest today, apart from the pyramidal-roofed bell-cot and the sundial on the SW angle of the tower. The bell bears in relief the inscription: BELL FOR THE KIRK OF SKIRLING 1748.
The churchyard is enclosed by a dyke, within which there stands a massive earthen bank, evidently resulting from the levelling of the site, which is on the top of a rather steep bluff.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1958.
As described.
Visited by OS(RD) 26 July 1972.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
