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Archaeology Notes

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Burial Ground (Medieval)

Site Name Markinch, St Drostan's Parish Church, Churchyard

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval)

Canmore ID 252766

Site Number NO20SE 13.01

NGR NO 29748 01955

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/252766

Digital Images

Oblique aerial view.

DP 255943

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

4/5/2017

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail of headstone.

SC 1854860

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Detail of mural monument.

SC 1854863

Detail of mural monument.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Aerial view from South of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

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Aerial view from South of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1983

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Detail of headstone.

SC 1854856

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Detail of headstone.

SC 1854857

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Oblique aerial view.

DP 255944

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

4/5/2017

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail of headstone.

SC 1854850

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Detail of headstone.

SC 1854854

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

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Detail of headstone.

SC 1854858

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

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Interior. View of first floor dining room fireplace

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Interior. View of first floor dining room fireplace

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

10/9/1997

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Aerial view from South East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

SC 450263

Aerial view from South East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1983

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail of headstone.

SC 1854853

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

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Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

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Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland

© Copyright: HES (Betty Willsher Collection)

Detail of mural monument.

SC 1854859

Detail of mural monument.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Detail of headstone.

SC 1854862

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

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Aerial view from South of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

SC 1672712

Aerial view from South of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1983

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail of headstone.

SC 1854855

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Detail of headstone.

SC 1854861

Detail of headstone.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Aerial view from East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

SC 1672710

Aerial view from East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1983

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Aerial view from South East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

SC 1672729

Aerial view from South East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1983

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Detail of carved cross monument.

SC 1854864

Detail of carved cross monument.

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Stuart Farrell

26/5/1998

© Copyright: Stuart Farrell. Courtesy of HES.

Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

SC 2228257

Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

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Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland

© Copyright: HES (Betty Willsher Collection)

Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

SC 2228258

Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

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Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland

© Copyright: HES (Betty Willsher Collection)

Oblique aerial view.

Detail of headstone.

Detail of mural monument.

Aerial view from South of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

Detail of headstone.

Detail of headstone.

Oblique aerial view.

Detail of headstone.

Detail of headstone.

Detail of headstone.

Interior. View of first floor dining room fireplace

Aerial view from South East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

Detail of headstone.

Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

Detail of mural monument.

Detail of headstone.

Aerial view from South of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

Detail of headstone.

Detail of headstone.

Aerial view from East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

Aerial view from South East of St Drostan's Parish Church and its environs.

Detail of carved cross monument.

Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Markinch Churchyard, Fife.

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Administrative Areas

Council Fife
Parish Markinch
Former Region Fife
Former District Kirkcaldy
Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NO20SE 13.01 29748 01955

Activities

Note (30 April 2024)

A church and burial ground is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (1855).

Information from HES (D Watson) 30 April 2024

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