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St Giles's medieval chapel and burial ground is a scheduled ancient monument located at Wark on Tweed in Northumberland. The chapel dates to the medieval period and served the local community as a place of worship and burial. The site retains earthwork evidence of the chapel structure and the surrounding burial ground, which remain visible as archaeological features within the landscape. The monument represents an important element of medieval religious provision in this border region of northern England.
St Giles's medieval chapel and burial ground, Wark on Tweed is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014496. View the official record →
St Giles's medieval chapel and burial ground is a scheduled ancient monument located at Wark on Tweed in Northumberland.
St Giles's medieval chapel and burial ground, Wark on Tweed is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014496.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Defended settlement, 507m north west of Pawston Lake (7.5 km), Bowmont Hill camp (8 km), Roman period native farmstead 320m north east of Longknowe (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Giles's medieval chapel and burial ground, Wark on Tweed'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.
St Giles's medieval chapel and burial ground, Wark on Tweed stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.