Carnock, Old Parish Church And Graveyard

Heritage listing

Date Added 30/04/1937 Last Date Amended 27/06/2017 Type Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Fife Parish Carnock NGR NT 04130 89121 Coordinates 304130, 689121 — The monument comprises the remains of Carnock Old Parish Church and its burial ground. The church was probably in existence by the 13th century but the standing structure was partially rebuilt and altered during the 17th century. The church and burial ground occupy a raised area, enclosed from the modern cemetery beyond by a retaining wall and steps. The monument lies at the northwest edge of Carnock village, around 100m above sea level. The church is rectangular, measuring approximately 13m east-west by 5m transversely, and built in grey sandstone. An aumbry or recess in the inside of the eastern gable wall, and round-headed archway entrances on the north and south walls may be of medieval date. A renaissance-style belfry on the western gable wall is a later addition and a sundial on the southwest corner of the church bears the date 1683. A small rectangular entrance porch located on the southern side of the church has been converted into a burial vault with an inscribed date of 1652. Graves and marker stones within the church indicate that burials may also be present within the structure. The scheduled area is an irregular polygon on plan, to include the remains described above and an area around them within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. The scheduling specifically excludes all freestanding memorials and monuments, all burial lairs where rights of burial still exist, upstanding elements of the watch house and burial enclosure to the east of the church containing J

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.