Culross Parish (West) Church

Culross Parish (West) Church

The old parish church of Culross lies around 800 metres to the north west of the burgh. It was first recorded in 1217 when it was gifted to the monks at the newly founded abbey in Culross. Most of the structure was built in the twelfth or thirteenth century, with some additions in the later middle ages, including an aisle projecting from mid-point of the south wall. The parishioners of Culross relocated to eastern parts of the former Abbey shortly after the Reformation, although when exactly they ceased to use the West Kirk is unclear. In 1633, when this arrangement was formalised, it was noted that the church had not been used in living memory. It remained in use as a graveyard until the nineteenth century.

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1) Richard Fawcett, ‘Culross- Architecture’, Corpus of Scottish Medieval Parish Churches, Accessed 24 August, 2021, https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/corpusofscottishchurches/site.php?id=158088 2) Paddy Monaghan, The Story of the Culross West Kirk (Culross, 1999)

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Culross Parish (West) Church

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