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Alyth, Old Parish Church
Wall (Period Unknown)
Site Name Alyth, Old Parish Church
Classification Wall (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 171481
Site Number NO24NW 6.01
NGR NO 2452 4879
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171481
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Alyth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO24NW 6.01 2452 4879
NO 245 487 A watching brief was conducted in January and February 1999 on the reconstruction of a retaining wall just E of the ruins of Alyth old parish church and graveyard. The church is first mentioned in 1352, but the hilltop location, the irregular shape of the graveyard, the dedication to St Moluag, and the discovery in 1887 of a Class II Pictish symbol stone at the manse nearby, suggest that it may go back to early medieval times. Extensive 19th-century or earlier measures to adapt a damp and steeply sloping site had obliterated any evidence of previous activity, but the graveyard wall foundations were not exposed, and might still produce evidence of earlier construction.
Sponsor: Perth and Kinross Council.
D Bowler 1999
