St Moloc's Church, Alyth

Heritage listing

Date Added 08/02/1993 Type Ecclesiastical: church Local Authority Perth And Kinross Parish Alyth NGR NO 24488 48794 Coordinates 324488, 748794 — The monument consists of the remains of Alyth old parish church. The church dedicated to St Moloc (Moluag) is documented from 1352 although a church is likely to have been here from the time of the establishment of the parish network in Scotland during the 12th and 13th centuries. The surviving fragment of the old church stands in its surrounding burial ground about 120m ENE of the present parish church. All that remains of the monument is the N arcade of three bays with round-headed arches and octagonal piers, having a portion of walling at either end (25.4m in overall length); the shorter section at the W end is re-modelled as a buttress and the part at the E belonged to one of the walls of the chancel. The remnants suggest a building with a square-ended chancel, a nave and aisles, and a N aisle chapel or sacristy. The fragment of the E wall, although remodelled, contains a section of external plinth course, a blocked round-headed doorway and an upper level, arched window. On the S face of the wall is a square aumbry; on the N face are two aumbries, one with a triangular head. The aisle arcade is probably of late 15th or early 16th century date. A stone fixed in the burial ground wall beside the N gate is dated 1629. The burial ground contains several 17th and 18th century grave stones. The area to be scheduled is square, measuring a maximum of 30m E-W by 30m N-S and centred on the church, as shown in red on the accompanying map.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.