Inchture Church
Burial Vault (17th Century), Church (Medieval)
Site Name Inchture Church
Classification Burial Vault (17th Century), Church (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Inchture And Rossie; Inchture Parish Church; Rosssanclearach
Canmore ID 30413
Site Number NO22NE 30
NGR NO 28120 28775
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30413
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Inchture
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO22NE 30.00 28120 28775
NO22NE 30.01 28124 28766 Churchyard
Presbytery of Dundee. United to Kinnaird, 12 January 1941.
Fasti Eccl Scot.
NO22NE 30 28120 28775
NMRS REFERENCE:
Inchture Church of Scotland.
Architect: David McKenzie.
Built 1834. Reconstructed internally, 1891.
Photographic Survey (1960)
Photographs of buildings in Inchture village, Perthshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1960.
Photographic Survey (1986)
Recording of gravestones in the churchyard of Inchture Church, by Mrs Betty Willsher in 1986.
Field Visit (November 1989)
There are no visible remains of the medieval parish church of Inchture, which is on record by 1170-72. A new church was built in 1834, but subsequently destroyed by fire in 1890, and the present building was erected in 1891. A number of 17th- and 18th-century gravestones have been laid to form a path along the exterior of the S wall of the present church; immediately to the S of these, there is a medieval coped grave-cover bearing a disc-headed cross, the detail of which has been effaced, a sword and an inscription.
Visited by RCAHMS (PC) November 1989.
Watching Brief (2003)
NO 2812 2877 A watching brief was carried out in August 2003 during repair work to a section of retaining wall at Inchture Churchyard (NO22NE 30). A 1m high soil section was exposed by the dismantling of the graveyard wall. A small quantity of human bone was found, including fragments of cranium, vertebrae and long bones. These fragments were not from in situ burials. All human remains were retained and will be returned.
Two coins were recovered, one a French provincial double tournois of Dombes, struck for Gaston d'Orléans in the 17th century; the other is a copper coin of late 16th or 17th-century date.
Report lodged with Perth and Kinross SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: Perth and Kinross Council.
M Kirby, A Quinn 2003
Watching Brief (16 June 2016 - 15 August 2016)
NO 2811 2878 A watching brief and historic building survey were undertaken, 16 June – 15 August 2016, during work associated with the provision of a disabled access entrance at Inchture Church.
The work was taking place in an active parish church building, reconstructed in 1834 and again (following a destructive fire) in 1891. In the course of hand excavation of the floor of the session house annexe on the N side of the main building, a stone barrel vault was exposed. This was found to contain eight lead coffins housing the remains of members of the Kinnaird family. The oldest dated from 1689, with the majority being from the early- to mid-19th century.
The vault also contained a stone, concrete and brick dais of later 19th-century date and a concrete pillar base, which reflected disturbance during the 1890/91 rebuild of the church. The incorporation of the vault beneath the session house suggested it predated the 1834 rebuild, and was likely to be of later Georgian date. A clay-bonded stub wall exposed outside the vault may represent the remains of a medieval church known to have occupied the site. The coffins were moved to the end of the vault, away from the development works, and the vault shortened to permit the installation of disabled access to the church.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: George Martin Builders Ltd on behalf of Inchture and Kinnaird Kirk Session
Chris Fyles – Alder Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
