Angus HER - NO35NW0003 - PARISH CHURCH, KIRKTON OF KINGOLDRUM

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Primary ReferenceNO35NW0003
NamePARISH CHURCH, KIRKTON OF KINGOLDRUM
NRHE Card No.NO35NW3
NRHE Numlink 32254
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 11412
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Parish church, no longer in ecclesiastical use, built in 1840 on the site of earlier churches. The church of Kingoldrum is first recorded in 1178, and it was given to Arbroath Abbey around 1211-4. During the building of the current church, three sculpted stones were found in the walls of the old church, and they were donated to the NAMS in 1878. There is now no trace of any earlier church. The present church is a small oblong gothic rubble-built church with a slate roof, pinnacled belfry and projecting porches. The interior was remodelled in 1960. It is set within an irregular graveyard. To the south of the church is the Farquharson Mausoleum, built in circa 1850 and shown on the 1st edition OS map. It is a small ashlar mausoleum built in a classic style. It is pilastered, and has a projecting centre bay and an urn finial. The three carved stones consist of a Class II Pictish cross-slab, a slab with a cross carved in relief on one face and a part of a slab with a representation of the Crucifixion on one face and part of a Maltese cross on the other. A coffin-cover bearing an incised wheel-headed cross, which formerly lay in the churchyard, has been set up against the south wall of the church. There have also been cists and various other objects found in the graveyard (see NO35NW0004, NO35NW0005 and NO35NW0006). A Level 1 Standing Building Survey was carried out in November 2017 by Cameron Archaeology prior to proposed conversion. The churchyard contains the Commonwealth war grave of Aircraftman David Stewart, RAF Volunteer Reserve.
Last Update30/06/2022
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerAAS
Date of Compilation23/11/2009

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National Grid Reference: NO 3342 5502



Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2017 Building Recording camerona1-302684

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Date MDate YArtefact TypeFinderRecovery MethodConditionStorage LocationAccess No.
 1840 SCULPTURED STONES Stray Find National Museum of Scotland GB 39-41
   GRAVE-SLAB  

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GRAVESWARCOMMONWEALTHX100
GRAVESWORLD WAR II Y100
CROSS-SLABS CLASS IIB100
STONESGRAVEREMAINS OFC100
CROSS-SLABS  L100
SYMBOLSSTEP M100
SYMBOLS SHEEPN100
SCENESCRUCIFIXION O100
MAUSOLEUMSASHLARPILASTEREDQ100
CHURCHES SITE OFA100
STONES PICTISH IIIP100
GRAVEYARDS  R100
COFFINSSTONE D100
CROSSES WHEEL-HEADEDE100
SYMBOLSCRESCENT F100
SYMBOLSMIRROR G100
SYMBOLS COMBH100
CROSSES MALTESEI100
CHURCHESRUBBLE-BUILTGOTHICJ100
CHURCHYARDS  K100
ROOFSSLATE S100
BELFRIES PINNACLEDT100
PORCHES PROJECTINGU100
BAYS PROJECTINGV100
FINIALSURN W100