Newlands Church
Church (19th Century), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Newlands Church
Classification Church (19th Century), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Newlands War Memorials
Canmore ID 49981
Site Number NT14NE 4
NGR NT 16137 46724
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49981
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Newlands
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
Newlands Church, Peeblesshire, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.38m, W 0.29m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 1613 4672
Present location: built into the inner face of the churchyard wall north-west of the church, within the early 19th-century Aitken burial aisle.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1962.
Present condition: trimmed for re-use but the carving is clear.
Description
The visible broad face of this slab is deeply incised with an outline cross, lacking the end of the shaft.
Date: ninth or tenth century.
References: RCAHMS 1967, no 479.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
See NT14NE 80 for Newlands Old Kirk.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
