Alternative Names Dalmeny Kirk; St Cuthbert's Church
Site type CHURCH
Canmore ID 50567
Site Number NT17NW 29.00
NGR NT 14448 77503
Council EDINBURGH, CITY OF
Parish DALMENY
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District CITY OF EDINBURGH
Former County WEST LOTHIAN

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Archaeological Notes

NT17NW 29.00 14448 77503

(NT 1444 7750) Church (NAT) (11th Century Supposed)
OS 6" map (1856)

NT17NW 29.01 1444 7750 Cist
NT17NW 29.02 14459 77480 Churchyard

Dalmeny parish church, dedicated to St Cuthbert, is the most complete Romanesque church in Scotland; it is still in ecclesiastical use. Built in the 12th century, it originally consisted on a W tower, now demolished, an aisleless nave, chancel and apse. An aisle was added in 1671. There is a fine Norman doorway projecting on the S. The church was restored in 1937, a new W tower being added at that date.
In the church was an altar dedicated to St Bridget; another was dedicated to St Adamnan and St Columba.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1927; SDD List 1964; A Reid 1915; C A R Radford 1965; H Scott 1915; H Scott 1950.

Dalmeny Kirk (NAT)
OS 6" map (1968)

This church, still in use, is generally as described.
Visited by OS (BS) 15 August 1974

Architectural Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:
Print room:
Inglis Photograph Collection
Exterior: 2 general views (3 prints)
the Rosebery Aisle
2 details of doorway (3 prints)
Interior: 2 views towards East (4 prints)
view towards West showing building work ? tower (between 1912 - 1931)

W Schomberg Scott Collection:
View of the new font and detail of carving on the chancel arch (4 copies of this, 1 of them in separate bound folder)
Scc. no. 1997/39

Edinburgh Architectural Association - Sketch Book - 1880-1802 - 6 plates - unlocated at time of upgrade.

Thomas Brown colour sketches, Volume 1, Nos 6 and 59 (Adv. MSS. 34.8) - 2 sketches of church and porch - unlocated at time of upgrade.

Library:
Moxon and Carfrae /CBooks. No. 300. 1816 - details of painting work - unlocated at time of upgrade.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Anon (1939) 'Dalmeny church', Roy Incorporation Architects Scot Quart, 59 January
Page(s): 18

Baldwin, J (1997) Edinburgh, Lothians and the Borders, Exploring Scotland's Heritage series Edinburgh
Page(s): 156-7 No. 74 Held at RCAHMS A.1.4.HER

Baldwin, J R (1985) Exploring Scotland's heritage: Lothian and the Borders, Exploring Scotland's heritage series Edinburgh
Page(s): 112-14, No.65 Held at RCAHMS A.1.4.HER

Blanc, H J (1905c) 'Dalmeny Church', Trans Edinburgh Architect Ass, vol.3
Page(s): 32-4

Chalmers, P M (1904) 'Dalmeny Kirk: its history and architecture', Trans Scot Eccles Soc, vol.1, 1
Page(s): 26-34

Dalmeny Church ({1948}) Dalmeny Church, masons' marks, {s.l.}
Held at RCAHMS D.7.33.DAL.P

Fawcett, R (2002) Scottish medieval churches: architecture and furnishings, Stroud
Page(s): 27, 54, 95, 108-110, 128, 131, 136, 168, 185, 186, 226 Held at RCAHMS F.5.31.FAW

Le Keux, J H (1934) 'Dalmeny church: entrance doorway', Roy Incorporation Architects Scot Quart, 46 Spring
Page(s): 28

Lindsay, I G (1949a) St Cuthbert's Parish Kirk, Dalmeny, {s.l.} (Edinburgh)
Held at RCAHMS D.7.33.DAL.P

RCAHMS (1929) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Tenth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the counties of Midlothian and West Lothian, Edinburgh
Page(s): 201-3, No.322 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV/10

Radford, C A R (1965) 'Dalmeny Church (NT 144775)', Archaeol J, vol.121
Page(s): 186-7

Reid, A (1915) 'Sculptured sarcophagus and churchyard memorials at Dalmeny; with notes on the churchyards of Edzell, Lethnot, and Stracathro', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.49
Page(s): 290

SDD (1960-) List of Buildings of Architectural or Historical Interest, (Lists held in Architectural Department of RCAHMS) Scottish Development Department
Page(s): 1, no.1

Scott, H et al (eds.) (1915-61) Fasti ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, Revision Edinburgh
Page(s): Vol.1, 200; Vol.8, 40 Held at RCAHMS C.3.2.FES

Scottish Ecclesiological Society V. 1 (1903-6) to v. 15 (1957-65) + index. Trans Scot Eccles Soc [s.l.]
Page(s): 1904, vol.1 Held at RCAHMS P.46

Walker, L E M (2001) 'Culture and contacts in the Scottish Romanesque', in Liszka, T R and Walker, L E M The North Sea world in the Middle Ages: Studies in the cultural history of North-Western Europe, Dublin
Page(s): 127, 147-53, 159, 161