Airth Old Parish Church

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Parts of the bell tower can be seen on the right in the picture

The Airth Old Parish Church is a ruined church near the Scottish town of Airth in the Council Area Falkirk . In 1972 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A. Furthermore, the ruin has been classified as a Scheduled Monument since 1962 .

description

The former church is south of Airth, directly east of Airth Castle . At the latest since 1128 a church existed at this place, which King David I assigned to Holyrood Monastery . The core of the current building, however, dates from the late 12th century and forms its western part. It was a simple, elongated building that only reached as far as the tower that was built later. Various parts of the building were added in the following centuries. These include the Airth Aisle in the 15th century, the Elphinstone Aisle in 1593 and the Bruce Aisle in 1614.

In the middle of the 17th century, the church building was significantly redesigned based on the existing structure. The structure was expanded particularly in the east. The bell tower also comes from this construction phase. The church was in use until 1820 when it was replaced by the North Church and abandoned.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Airth Old Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 56 ° 3 '42.6 "  N , 3 ° 46' 3.9"  W.