Rosneath,Old Parish Church

Heritage listing

Date Added 08/02/1993 Type Crosses and carved stones: cross-incised stone, Ecclesiastical: church Local Authority Argyll And Bute Parish Rosneath NGR NS 25357 83141 Coordinates 225357, 683141 — The original church which was cruciform in plan was taken down in 1780. Its only remaining portion is the bellcote which now surmounts the W gable of the 18th century church. The remaining structure of the 18th century church consists of the W gable and most of the S wall. The masonry is of roughly squared coursed stone to wall-head height; above this the courses are thinner towards the apex of the W gable. The greater part of the N wall (apart from a 3.4m section adjoining the W end) and all of the E gable have been removed. The ruin, orientated E-W measures 17m by 8.2m with walls 0.75m thick. There is one square-headed doorway in the W end. Square-headed upper and lower level windows towards the W end indicate that there probably was a loft present. The rest of the S wall has been broken up by three tall round-headed windows (the SE one is destroyed). The first round window from the W end has two sculptured slabs bolted to a crossbar and resting on another which has been used as a sill. The interior of the church is used as a burial ground. There are burial enclosures extending from the exterior S wall. The area to be scheduled is rectangular and measures a maximum of 30m ENE-WSW by 20m NNW-SSE to include the 18th century building and an area which is likely to contain buried remains of the Medieval church.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.