Cambusbarron, Chapel And Burial-ground
Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Cambusbarron, Chapel And Burial-ground
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 46267
Site Number NS79SE 8
NGR NS 7785 9250
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46267
- Council Stirling
- Parish St Ninians
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS79SE 8 7785 9250.
(NS 7785 9250) Chapel (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1958)
No structural remains now survive of this chapel, but in 1858 some local inhabitants remembered having seen part of the ruin still standing. Fleming (1902) suggests that the chapel was founded at the end of the 15th century. The dedication is not known.
Excavations for house foundations, some years before 1904, revealed a quantity of human bones, suggestive of a burial ground (W Drysdale 1904).
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954; Name Book 1858
No evidence of the existence of a chapel was found.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 May 1969
Note (1979)
Cambusbarron, Chapel and Burial-ground NS 778 925 NS79SE 8
Nothing now remains of either the chapel or the burial-ground, although part of the chapel was still standing early in the 19th century. It may have been in existence by the late 15th century.
RCAHMS 1979
(NSA, viii, Stirling, 323; Name Book, Stirling, no. 27, p. 95; Fleming 1902, 414-6; RCAHMS 1963, p. 171, no. 174)
Resistivity (22 August 2013 - 30 August 2013)
NS 77846 92514 (Cambusbarron) and NS 81712 91148 (Redhall) The investigations undertaken 22–30 August 2013 involved 44 volunteers in surveys and the excavation of 24 targeted hand excavated 1m² test pits. This work was carried out as part of ongoing work leading up to the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn in June 2014, in collaboration with The Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, The National Trust for Scotland, Stirling Council and BBC Scotland.
The metal detector survey retained a total of 560 finds, including 12 coins ranging from a hammered copper alloy (pre-17th century) coin to 20th-century coins, although most of the milled coins bore no identifiable marks. Other finds included equestrian items such as 26 horse shoes (or fragments) and 1 stirrup fragment. Also recovered were 6 copper alloy buttons, 2 lead buttons and 4 buckles (2 iron and 2 copper alloy).
The geophysical survey identified several anomalies using resistivity. Unfortunately none of the test pits targeting the anomalies uncovered built remains, human remains or features that could be definitively related to the Battlefield of Bannockburn or the site of the chapel. However the anomalies found in the common area did correspond to early attempts at terracing the slope at Cambusbarron. These topographic modifications may well be contemporary with the medieval chapel.
The material culture recovered from the test pits included 13th- to 15th-century medieval ceramic. The assemblage at Cambusbarron included one sherd of white gritty ware, some Scottish red ware sherds and reduced green-glazed pottery as well as considerable amounts of late medieval green-glazed pottery sherds. Finds from the test pits at Redhall also included pottery of similar 14th/15th-century date, a copper alloy tool and a small lentoid copper alloy object with a pointed end.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: NTS and BBC Scotland
Warren Bailie, GUARD Archaeology Ltd, 2013
(Source: DES)
