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Kinneff Old Parish Church, associated graveyard, and site of earlier church. The medieval church, dedicated to St Arnty, is referred to in 1242 and belonged to the priory of St Andrews. The current church has had numerous extensions and additions and is now only in occasional use. The Crown Jewels of Scotland were hidden here from Cromwell between 1651 and 1660. It was rebuilt almost entirely in the 18th century, with only the foundations and parts of the old walls being re-used. The present church is a T-plan structure with a north-west stair tower. It was rebuilt in 1737 as a rectangular building but was enlarged in 1876, when the north aisle and stair tower were built. The church is rubble built and harled, with ashlar sandstone window and door surrounds and bellcote. The roof is slated. The west gable has a tall, square, bellcote with the bell hung in the central opening. The bell is dated 1679, made in Holland. It has a small stone finial with a small metal cross. Below are two small round-arched windows. The east gable has a single, round-arched window. The south elevation has six pointed-arch windows with simple Y-tracery and latticed glass. The east and west windows were originally doors which were blocked up and made into windows to match the others in the elevation. The north elevation is dominated by its later central aisle, which has rectangular windows in the gable and east face. Attached to the west is a small, gabled stairtower with an entrance door to the north and a tall pointed-arch window in the west face. A stone panel above the door dedicates the enlargement of the church. A portion of a small late Celtic cross-slab, thought to be from the walls, was found among rubbish in 1876 but it cannot be traced now. About 1788-9 an earthen pot containing about one and a half pounds of small silver coins of Edward of England and Alexander of Scotland was found while digging the grave of Lady Ogilvie of Barras (Kings contemporary in the mid 13th Century).
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