Site type BURIAL GROUND, BURIAL VAULT, CHURCH
Canmore ID 47471
Site Number NS93NE 17
NGR NS 98437 35930
Council SOUTH LANARKSHIRE
Parish COVINGTON AND THANKERTON
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District CLYDESDALE
Former County LANARKSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS93NE 17 9843 3593.

(NS 9843 3593) St John's Kirk (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map, Lanarkshire, 2nd ed., (1912).

Between 1175 and 1199, the monks of Kelso obtained a grant of the church of 'Tankardstoun' called 'Wodekyrch'. The church stood in the SE corner of the parish, about a mile and a half from the village.
The old church was allowed to fall into ruin when the parishes of Covington and Thankerton were united in the 18th century.
New Statistical Account (NSA, Rev T Watson: written 1840), 1845; G Chalmers 1887.

The church has disappeared but the graveyard is still maintained.
There is a tradition that, some years ago, a 'golden image' of the Virgin was found here.
A Murray and G V Irving 1864.

A modern burial vault occupies the site.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 22 January 1968.

Chalmers, G (1887-94) Caledonia: or a historical and topographical account of North Britain, 7 vols + index Paisley
Page(s): Vol.6, 749-50 Held at RCAHMS C.1.2.CHA

Irving and Murray, G V and A (1864) The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, 3v Glasgow
Page(s): Vol.1, 477 Held at RCAHMS D.11.5.IRV

NSA (1834-1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy, 15v Edinburgh
Page(s): Vol.6, (Lanark), 874, 875 Held at RCAHMS B.2.2.STA