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Larbert Old Church, Churchyard With James Bruce Monument
Churchyard (17th Century), Commemorative Monument (18th Century)
Site Name Larbert Old Church, Churchyard With James Bruce Monument
Classification Churchyard (17th Century), Commemorative Monument (18th Century)
Canmore ID 74603
Site Number NS88SE 2.01
NGR NS 85528 82203
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74603
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Larbert
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88SE 2.01 85528 82203
A huge monument of cast iron, marking the grave of James Bruce, explorer and international celebrity, born 14 December 1730, died 20 April 1794.
W B MacLaren nd
BOUNDARY WALL, GATES AND GATEPIERS: coped random rubble boundary wall facing church with ashlar pyramidal-capped gatepiers; slightly taller, squared snecked sandstone boundary wall facing road with coped ashlar gatepiers and decorative 2-leaf cast-iron gates by Sun Foundry.
Irregular-plan multi-period churchyard / cemetery, partially enclosed with random rubble boundary wall, containing many unusual grave markers including cast-iron obelisk to James Bruce, Carron Ironworks enclosure with Distyle Doric temple. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
Ground Survey (2016)
NS 8555 8220 Following the removal of ivy over 1000 gravestones were transcribed and the more ornate trade stones drawn to scale. A structural history of the churchyard and its monuments was then compiled to compliment that undertaken for the Bruce Monument already published in
Calatria.
Archive: Falkirk Museum
Funder: FLHS
Geoff Bailey – Falkirk Local History Society
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
