Lamberton Parish Church

Heritage listing

Date Added 11/03/1953 Last Date Amended 29/10/2010 Type Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Scottish Borders Parish Mordington NGR NT 96831 57379 Coordinates 396831, 657379 — The monument comprises the ruins of a church, dedicated to St Lambert. The first mention of a church at this location occurs in 1199 or 1200. The church occupies the crest of a prominent knoll that overlooks the North Sea and the road between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Eyemouth at a height of around 120m above sea level. The monument was first scheduled in 1954 but an inadequate area was included to protect all of the archaeological remains; the present scheduling rectifies this. Preserved as a standing ruin, the remains of Lamberton old church lie within a burial ground enclosed by a post-and-wire fence on the south and a stone wall on all other sides. The church is aligned approximately E-W and measures 19m by 6.2m at its W end and 5.6m at its W end with walls standing to between 1.5m and 2.0m in height and rounded corners. The walls of the church have been capped with cement and there are patches of a similar type of render on the external wall-face. The interior of the church is divided into two compartments by a stone retaining wall that is likely to date to the late 18th or early 19th century when the ruin was reused for burial enclosures by prominent local families. The N wall of the church is built on two different alignments, with the E compartment being larger than that on the W and this suggests that the later medieval church was partially rebuilt prior to being used as a pair of burial enclosure. The external wall-face has partially collapsed at the point where the two compartments meet and the wall-core is exposed. Immediately to the east of the churc

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.