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Ettrick, Parish Church Of Ettrick And Buccleuch, Graveyard

Burial Ground (Medieval), Gravestone(S) (17th Century)

Site Name Ettrick, Parish Church Of Ettrick And Buccleuch, Graveyard

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Gravestone(S) (17th Century)

Canmore ID 101331

Site Number NT21SE 2.01

NGR NT 25979 14488

NGR Description Centred NT 25979 14488

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Ettrick
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
  • Former County Selkirkshire

Archaeology Notes

NT21SE 2.01 Centred 25979 14488

TOMBSTONES. The following stones of earlier date than 1707 were noted in the graveyard. (1) A head- stone, now largely sunk in the ground, inscribed HERE LYES / MARGARET AL/ISON ELDEST DAVG/HTER TO GEORG WIL/SON TENNANT.... No date is visible above ground, but the lettering, which is incised, suggests the end of the 17th century. (2) A very small headstone, the rounded shape of which is evidently natural, bearing the incised inscription W B I N / 1691. Small and naturally shaped headstones of this type, apparently glacial pebbles such as could have been obtained from the bed of the river, are numerous in this graveyard, but the remainder are uninscribed; the late Rev. Dr. Addison told the Commission's officer that they were brought from the older burial- ground at Over Kirkhope (RCAHMS 1957, No. 12), and that they were known locally as "bulls".

RCAHMS 1957, visited 1952.

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Sbc Note (15 April 2016)

Visibility: Standing structure or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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