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Belford, Old Church And Graveyard
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Medieval)
Site Name Belford, Old Church And Graveyard
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Mow; Molle
Canmore ID 59377
Site Number NT82SW 30
NGR NT 81458 21278
NGR Description NT 81458 21957 and NT 81470 21218
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/59377
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Morebattle
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT82SW 30 81458 21295 to 81470 21218.
(NT 8145 2127) Church (NR) (Site of)
(Centred NT 8145 2125) Old Grave Yard (NAT)
OS 6" map, Roxburghshire, (1923).
Within this graveyard there can be traced the foundations of a church, probably a late 12th century structure of nave and chancel, the respective overall dimensions of which can be given approximately as 48' NE-SW by 32', and 19' by 24'. This was the church of the parish of Mow, anciently 'Molle', granted to Kelso Abbey at some date before 1152. Mow was annexed to Morebattle in 1672.
In the graveyard is a table stone dated 1680, two others with illegible inscriptions, and several dated between 1720 and 1730.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1937.
The foundations of this church are obscured beneath a thick growth of nettles, so that it is not possible to separate nave from chancel with any accuracy. It appears to have measured 22.0m NE-SW by 8.3m overall, between wall centres.
The burial ground is no longer in use. The tombstones are as described by the RCAHMS.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.(WDJ)
Visited by OS (RD) 14 June 1968.
No change to above information
Visited by OS (TRG) 12 August 1976.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
