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Carluke, St Luke's Church
Church (18th Century), Tower (18th Century)
Site Name Carluke, St Luke's Church
Classification Church (18th Century), Tower (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Former Carluke Parish Church
Canmore ID 46709
Site Number NS85SW 5
NGR NS 84831 50484
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46709
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carluke
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS85SW 5.00 84831 50484
NS85SW 5.01 84823 50497 Churchyard
(NS 8482 5048) St Luke's Ch (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1967)
Carluke parish church, which belonged to Lesmahagow Priory, was dedicated to St Andrew, but there was an earlier dedication to St Luag or Maluag (H Scott 1920). Fragments remain of the 14th or 15th c church, which measured 90' x 24'. Ruinous in 1650, it was repaired, and a belfry added in 1715. Somewhat later, a square structure, known as the Mauldslie loft, was added to the N side of the church. This church was replaced in 1799 by the present parish church, and was dismantled early in the 19th c.
A stone coffin, 6' long, cut from a single stone, was dug up by the sexton in the burial ground in 1838. A cross was cut on one end of its lid.
J A Wilson 1936; W Rankin 1874; G Hay 1957; NSA 1845 (J Wylie)
The belfry and the Mauldslie loft are still standing; no traces of foundations are visible.
Visited by OS (JFC) 8 March 1954
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (BS) 8 June 1976
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: Henry Bell 1799
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
National Portrait Gallery 'Glasgow and Lanarkshire Illustrated'
1910 - Cat. 1935 c/July 1946, p.117 - article and photograph.
Excavation (7 December 2015 - 9 December 2015)
NS 84832 50483 (NS85SW 5.1) A small excavation, consisting of two trenches at either side of the bell tower was undertaken 7–9 December 2015. The excavation revealed a possible foundation stone from the dismantled 17th-century church; disarticulated human bone and possible coffin furniture associated with the graveyard was also identified, and these finds have been provisionally dated to the post-medieval period.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: South Lanarkshire Council
Iraia Arabaolaza – GUARD Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
OASIS ID: guardarc1-233915
