Cavers House, St Cuthbert's Church, Churchyard
Organisation
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Alternative Name(s)CAVERS OLD CHURCH, CHURCHYARD
Canmore ID96398
Site TypeCHURCHYARD
CountyROXBURGHSHIRE
ParishCAVERS
CouncilSCOTTISH BORDERS, THE
NGRNT 5405 1658
Latitude, Longitude55.440929N, 2.727847W
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Archaeological Notes
NT51NW 7.01 Centred 5405 1658
TOMBSTONES. The following tombstones were noted in churchyard :
(1) A recumbent slab of 13th-century date lying within 10 ft. of the E gable. Measuring 6 ft. 4 in. in length by 10 in. thick, it tapers from 2 ft. to 1 ft. 3 3/4 in. in width. The upper surface was borne a circular floriated cross-head now almost obliterated. The cross-shaft, however, is in better preservation, showing a knop beneath the cross-head and having six trefoiled branches extending chevronwise from each side.
(2) A small table-tomb inscribed OBITT / IOHAN/NA MA/GEL / ANNO / 1936. (3) A headstone commemorating MAGRET LEIDON SPOUSE TO GEORG (sic) HOG, who died in 1695, and IANET ELLIOT, another wife of the same, who died in 1705.
(4) A large headstone dated 1626, commemorating ADAM NIGROL and his wife MARGRET SMETH and recording that they died on the same day.
(5) A slab, almost wholly hidden by turf, on which can be read a few letters of 17th-century style. This churchyard also contains a number of headstones and slabs which are either illegible or grassed over; some of these almost certainly date from before 1707.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1933 and 1945
NT51NW 7.01 Centred 5405 1658
TOMBSTONES. The following tombstones were noted in churchyard :
(1) A recumbent slab of 13th-century date lying within 10 ft. of the E gable. Measuring 6 ft. 4 in. in length by 10 in. thick, it tapers from 2 ft. to 1 ft. 3 3/4 in. in width. The upper surface was borne a circular floriated cross-head now almost obliterated. The cross-shaft, however, is in better preservation, showing a knop beneath the cross-head and having six trefoiled branches extending chevronwise from each side.
(2) A small table-tomb inscribed OBITT / IOHAN/NA MA/GEL / ANNO / 1936. (3) A headstone commemorating MAGRET LEIDON SPOUSE TO GEORG (sic) HOG, who died in 1695, and IANET ELLIOT, another wife of the same, who died in 1705.
(4) A large headstone dated 1626, commemorating ADAM NIGROL and his wife MARGRET SMETH and recording that they died on the same day.
(5) A slab, almost wholly hidden by turf, on which can be read a few letters of 17th-century style. This churchyard also contains a number of headstones and slabs which are either illegible or grassed over; some of these almost certainly date from before 1707.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1933 and 1945