Site type BURIAL GROUND, CHURCH, CHURCHYARD
Canmore ID 30366
Site Number NO21SW 8
NGR NO 21697 10211
Council FIFE
Parish STRATHMIGLO
Former Region FIFE
Former District NORTH EAST FIFE
Former County FIFE

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Archaeological Notes

NO21SW 8 21697 10211

(NO 2169 1020) St Martin's Church (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, (1938)

St Martin's Church stood in the centre of the burying ground: it was a fine ashlar building in the pointed style, with a nave and choir at the east end. It was mentioned in 1579 and was, at one time, collegiate.
Immediately adjoining the church, on the north side, stood the 'pedagogy' mentioned in a charter of 1600.
J M Leighton 1840.

The proposal to establish a college in this parish church is mentioned in 1527 and the patronage was confirmed in 1528-9 and 1548.
D E Easson 1957.

There are no traces of this church to be seen.
Visited by OS (R D), 20 March 1967.

Cowan and Easson, I B and D E (1976) Medieval religious houses in Scotland: with an appendix on the houses in the Isle of Man, London
Page(s): 186 Held at RCAHMS C.3.2.EAS.R

Easson, D E (1957a) Medieval religious houses in Scotland: with an appendix on the houses in the Isle of Man, London
Page(s): 186 Held at RCAHMS C.3.2.EAS

Leighton, J M (1840) History of the county of Fife from the earliest period to the present time, 3v Glasgow
Page(s): Vol. 2, 192 Held at RCAHMS D.4.LEI.R