Newlands, Old Kirk & Kirkyard

Heritage listing

Date Added 26/11/1971 Last Date Amended 23/05/2018 Type Crosses and carved stones: cross-incised stone, Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Scottish Borders Parish Newlands NGR NT 16117 46558 Coordinates 316117, 646558 — The monument is a church and graveyard, first recorded in 1317. The church is roofless with the gables and walls standing almost to wall-head. The associated burial ground surrounds the church and is enclosed by stone walls. The monument is located on valley floor of the Lyne water at about 220m above sea level. The church, aligned east-west, is rectangular on plan with external measurements of 19m by 8m transversely. On its west gable is an attached burial enclosure with crow-stepped gables. Another simpler burial enclosure is attached to the northeast of the church. Elements of the church date from the later medieval period including a large pointed arched window in the east wall and a round arched doorway through the south wall. The church underwent extensive post-Reformation changes with loft access added to the east and rectangular windows added to the south wall. In 1795, the church was gutted by fire and has been ruinous since then. The graveyard contains numerous stone grave markers, mostly from the 19th century, but with some 18th century examples. Immediately north of the church, a roughly rectangular carved slab, now set on end, is likely to be a medieval recumbent slab grave marker. Incorporated into the north graveyard wall is a cross incised stone which potentially has early Christian or medieval origins. The scheduled area covers the church and graveyard, extending to and including the graveyard walls, and includes the remains described above and an area around them within which evidence relating to

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.