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Newburn, Old Parish Church And Churchyard

Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (18th Century), Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Gate Pier(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Newburn, Old Parish Church And Churchyard

Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (18th Century), Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Gate Pier(S) (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Newburn Old Parish Church

Canmore ID 32539

Site Number NO40SE 1

NGR NO 45309 03520

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Newburn
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District North East Fife
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NO40SE 1 45309 03520.

(NO 4531 0352) Newburn Church (NR) (In Ruins)

OS 6" map (1920)

The E end of the church is of pre-Reformation date. It may be part of the original structure, which was dedicated by Bishop Bernham in 1243.

D M Fleming 1886

The ruins of the old parish church of Newburn measure internally 54'10" in length by 12'4" in breadth at the E end, and 14'10" at the W end. The earliest features are of pre-Reformation date. The rubble walls rise to a height of c.12', and there are E and W gables, the latter with a late belfry.

RCAHMS 1933

The remains are as described and in fair condition.

Visited by OS (JP) 11 June 1974

Following on from work carried out previously (Farrell 1998), surveys were made of several churchyards in Fife.

NO 4531 0352 103 memorials were recorded. A study was also made of related documentation, including lair plan and mortsafe accounts and death records.

Report lodged with Fife SMR and NMRS.

Sponsors: Fife Council Archaeology Unit, Marc Fitch Fund, RCAHMS.

S Farrell 1999

Scheduled as Newburn Old Parish Church.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 12 december 2001.

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Field Visit (3 August 1927)

Old Parish Church, Newburn.

At the south side of the road close to Little Dumbarnie, half a mile north-west of Balchrystie, stand the ruins of the old parish church, so densely clad with ivy that the external features are not apparent . The rubble walls rise to a height of about 12 feet, and there are east and west gables, the latter with a late belfry. The church measures internally 54 feet 10 inches in length by 12 feet 4 inches in breadth at the east end and 14 feet 10 inches at the west end the widening being all on tile north between the west gable and a transeptal aisle, which projects from the mIddle of the north wall and is a later addition.

The windows, one of which in the west gable has had a circular head, are now all built up, and other structural changes have been made. The original entrance is probably the round-headed door near the western end of the south wall, but the porch which covers it is later. An equilateral-headed credence in the north wall with roll-moulding and outer checks for a door and a small locker-recess beneath, is a pre-Reformation feature, as is also a recessed piscina, chamfered, with a bowl 10 inches in diameter opposite to it in the south wall. A larger recess at the southern end of the east gable, 2 ½ feet high by 1 foot 10 inches wide by 1 foot 2 inches deep, now closed by a memorial stone, may also be early.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 3 August 1927.

Photographic Survey (October 1963)

Photographic survey of the interior and exterior of Newburn Parish Church (now Kirk House) and Newburn Old Parish Church, Fife, by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Works in October 1963.

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