St Kentigern's Church | |
Type: | Church |
Coordinates: | 55.67°N -3.7696°W |
Location: | Hyndford Road Lanark, South Lanarkshire United Kingdom |
Designation1: | Scheduled monument |
Designation1 Offname: | St Kentigern's Church, Lanark |
Designation1 Date: | 28 April 1920 |
Designation1 Number: | SM1144 |
Designation2: | Category B listed building |
Designation2 Offname: | Churchyard and burial aisles at St Kentigern’s Church, excluding scheduled monument SM1144, Lanark |
Designation2 Date: | 7 May 1980 |
Designation2 Number: | LB37028 |
St Kentigern's Church is a scheduled monument in Lanark, South Lanarkshire. Its churchyard and burial aisles are a category B listed building. It was previously the parish church of the town.
It is believed that the church was founded by St Kentigern himself shortly before his death in 603 AD.[1] There is documentary evidence of its existence, however, dating back to 1150 AD when King David I granted it to the monastery of Dryburgh.[2] Pope Gregory VIII took the church into his own protection in 1228.
The church, which was once attended by William Wallace, is now in a state of disrepair, despite having had repair work completed recently.[3]