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Remains of Church of Blessed Apostle Peter. The latest church here was built in the later medieval period, although it is thought a chapel or church was established here in the 12th century. The church was extended in 1570 and the south aisle built in the early 17th century. The church was last used in 1848. The oldest part of the church is the nave and chancel, which is fairly long and narrow. It was lengthened in the late 16th century. It is rubble built with larger tooled stones quoins and around the openings. There is no roof except for a small and later private mausoleum. Extensive consolidation and repair work was carried out to the surviving stonework in the late 20th century. The west gable has a small round-arched doorway to the centre with a rectangular window above, at gallery level. There is also a small sandstone recessed stone, carved with an ogee-curved top. Inside are the initials MWG. On top of the gable is a large and ornate bellcote, largely reconstructed in the repair works but based on an 1619 original. The bellcote has fine ashlar stone uprights and lintels, each with designs carved in relief. There is a rectangular graveyard around the church, entered through an ornate gateway in the north-west corner. The gateway was built in 1621. It is gabled with a large round-arched opening, which has iron gates. There is a datestone on the outer (north) face and a heraldic panel on the inside (south) face. The parishioners' entrance was formerly in the north wall of the burial ground, which was closed when the steading to the north was constructed in 1829 (NJ75NW0093), leaving the 1621 gateway as the only entrance. There is one Commonwealth War Grave within the graveyard, that of Ordinary Seaman M. B. Pollard-Urquhart, 8th Laird of Craigston, who died on 28th November 1940. He served in the Royal Navy, on H.M.S. Bacchante. He had also served in the Scottish Rifles in the South African War, and as Captain, R.A.S.C., in World War I.
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