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Carruthers, Old Parish Church
Architectural Fragment(S) (Medieval), Font (Medieval)(Possible), Grave Slab(S) (Medieval)
Site Name Carruthers, Old Parish Church
Classification Architectural Fragment(S) (Medieval), Font (Medieval)(Possible), Grave Slab(S) (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Crowdieknowe
Canmore ID 97573
Site Number NY28SE 3.02
NGR NY 257 801
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/97573
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Middlebie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (28 September 1993)
NY28SE 3.02 257 801
The following archiectural fragments and medieval grave-slabs are probably derived from the medieval parish church at Carruthers are incorporated into the walls of the burial-ground NY28SE 3.01:
(1) NY 2574 8017. At the SW angle of the original burial-ground, which was later extended to the W, there is a pier capital, probably of 12th or 13th century date, which is in re-use as a coping stone. The Capital has been inverted and the base of the shaft hollowed out for use as a bowl or, conceivably, a font, with a drain emitting from the base.
(2) NY 2576 8017. In re-use as a coping stone to the S wall of the burial-ground, 16.7m from the SW angle, there is a dressed sandstone block which measures 0.25m long, 0.23m wide and 0.16m thick and has probably formed the wall portion of a piscina. The main portion of the bowl has become detached and is no longer apparent. The interior of the surviving portion has been rebated for the bowl and a V-channelled groove to the rear has probably been the drain; the base is recessed and wrought with a rolled fillet.
(3) NY 2576 8017. In re-use as a coping stone 2.3m W of (2), there is a slab wrought on one side with a shallow hollow-roll moulding of width 8mm.
(4) NY 2576 8017. In re-use as a coping stone 7.3m from the SW angle of the burial-ground, there is a fragment of a medieval grave-slab which has been wrought with an 8mm chamfer.
(5) NY 2577 8019. Incorporated into the E wall of the burial-ground, 9.7m S of (6) and 0.35m above ground level, there is a sandstone slab which has been rebated on one edge and wrought with a 6mm quirked edge-roll on the other.
(6) NY 2577 8019. The gatepost on the S side of the entrance to the burial-ground is an exceptionally finely decorated medieval grave-slab 1.25m high by up to 0.44m wide at the base and 0.24m thick. It has been set in the ground to a depth of at least 0.45m and the top of the stone has been trimmed. The extant face is ornamented with a central stem bearing a formalised 'tree-of-life' motif, while the edge of the slab has a beaded margin bordered by an arcaded palmette motif.
(7) NY 2577 8019. A sizeable medieval grave-slab of red sandstone (0.55m wide and 0.1m thick) has been broken into at least five pieces and incorporated into the wall of the burial-ground alongside (6); two of the detached portions form the treads of a stile. The grave-slab, which is probably of late 12th or early 13th century date, bears the sharply-incised outline of a Maltese cross with a circular central boss and a long shaft; the arms and the shaft of the cross are enhanced by a second parallel line cut within the first.
(8) NY 2577 8020. An impressive medieval grave-slab, probably of 12th century date, has been set on its side at the base of the wall beside the N gatepost at the entrance to the burial-ground. Half of the slab is below ground level, but it measures 1.65m in length, 0.3m to 0.35m in width and 0.18m in thickness, and is wrought with the steeply-incised outline of a long-shafted Maltese cross. The shaft squared-off and lacks the usual stepped Calvary base.
(9) NY 2577 8018. This fragment of a medieval grave-slab is in re-use as a coping-stone in the E wall of the burial-ground to the S of the entrance. It has chamfered edges and bears, in low relief, the upper portion of a foliated eight-armed cross.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, PC, IF), 28 September 1993.
