Balquhidder Old Parish Church

Heritage listing

Date Added 08/02/1993 Supplementary Information Updated 09/08/2021 Type Ecclesiastical: church Local Authority Stirling Parish Balquhidder NGR NN 53575 20918 Coordinates 253575, 720918 — The monument consists of the remains of a single chambered church built in 1631 which overlies the foundations of a pre-Reformation church known as Eaglais Beag thought to have been built over the grave of St Angus. The ruined church lies in the graveyard S of the present parish church. The foundations of the church which may be of thirteenth century date or earlier are said to extend beyond the E gable of the seventeenth century church. The post-Reformation church orientated E-W measures 22m by 8.2m over walls 0.9m thick. The rubble built walls are somewhat reduced, only the E gable with its bellcote and most of the S wall, pierced by two ogee-headed windows (originally four) surviving intact. The W end is utilised as a burial enclosure. The area to be scheduled is rectangular measuring a maximum of 35m E-W by 15m N-S, to be centred on the 17th-century church and including any underlying archaeological structures of earlier date, as shown in red on the accompanying map.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.