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Kirkurd Church is a medieval church situated south-east of Castlecraig in Peeblesshire, Scotland. The building stands upon bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a wacke deposited during the Caradocian period, which provides the underlying geology of this upland region. The church represents a typical example of rural ecclesiastical architecture from the medieval period, built to serve the farming communities of the Tweed valley landscape.
The site lies within an area of settled habitation extending back through the medieval centuries, when such parish churches formed focal points for local religious and social life. The Kirkcolm Formation wacke—a hard, coarse sedimentary rock—offered a workable building material for local construction, though the church itself may have incorporated stone quarried specifically for its walls.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled ancient monument under reference SM3106. This status reflects the church's significance to Scotland's medieval heritage and its role in understanding the ecclesiastical settlement patterns of the Borderlands region during the Middle Ages.
Kirkurd,church SE of Castlecraig is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3106. View the official record →
Kirkurd Church is a medieval church situated south-east of Castlecraig in Peeblesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3106.
Kirkurd,church SE of Castlecraig dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a church se of castlecraig. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kirkurd,church SE of Castlecraig is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3106.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Langlaw Hill,fort,enclosure & barrows (6.9 km), Ratchill,platform settlement 550m N of (7.4 km), Ratchill,platform settlement and ring enclosure 460m NE of (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kirkurd,church SE of Castlecraig's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kirkurd,church SE of Castlecraig stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.