Aberdour Kirk
The Aberdour Kirk is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish town of Aberdour in the Council Area Fife . In 1973 the Romanesque building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The exact year of construction of Aberdour Kirk, which was built in the 12th century, is not known. With the establishment of Inchcolm Abbey in 1123 Alexander I equipped the abbey with the reason in Aberdour to build a church. The earliest written record of the Aberdour Kirk is from 1178.
During the 15th century the church was revised and expanded. In addition to the extension on the south side, the floor of the nave was lowered. In 1474 the church pressed a plot of land adjacent to the north from the landlord James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton , in order to build a camp for the pilgrims who hiked to the well with medicinal water to cure eye diseases at the church. The well, which has now fallen dry, is no longer accessible today. In 1486 the church was assigned to the Franciscan Sisters .
The Aberdour Kirk saw some changes in the 16th century. The gables were raised and stepped to allow a steeper roof pitch. The Gothic window in the west gable also dates from this period. In the late 18th century, the Countess of Morton , who lived in Aberdour House , felt so annoyed by the pilgrims at the church that she commissioned the construction of a new church further away from her residence. The Aberdour Kirk became obsolete in 1790 and fell into ruin in the course of the 19th century. On the operation of the parish priest, the Aberdour Kirk was restored in 1925 and has since been used as a parish church again . The church building from 1790 now serves as a community hall.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Aberdour Kirk in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Information from the Dunfermline Presbytery
- Scotland's Churches Trust information
- Entry on Aberdour Kirk in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 3 ′ 18.9 ″ N , 3 ° 17 ′ 49.2 ″ W.