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Scheduled monument
Scheduled monument, by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=100240 / CC BY SA 3.0
#Scheduled_monuments
#Archaeology_of_the_United_Kingdom
#Historic_England
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#Historic_Environment_Scotland
#Protected_areas_of_the_United_Kingdom
#Town_and_country_planning_in_the_United_Kingdom
Cranmore Castle in Devon is an Iron Age earthwork.
Like many scheduled monuments, it blends into the landscape, and may not be evident even to those crossing over it.
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation used for legally protecting heritage assets from damage and destruction are grouped under the term ‘designation’.
...
published: 07 Jan 2022
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Scheduled Monument: HMS Montagu
HMS Montagu was a five-year old 14,000 ton battleship that stranded in shallow water off Shutter Point, Lundy Island, without loss of life, on 30 May 1906.
The Montagu is the only survivor of six Duncan class pre-Dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy within north European waters.
You can find out more about the Iona II on the National Heritage List for England: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1440450
In December 2022 Historic England put out a call for proposals to celebrate 50 years of the Protection of Wrecks Act. MSDS Marine were commissioned to undertake a project to bring maritime archaeology to inland, landlocked, audiences. As part of the project a 360° camera was loaned to licensee teams to gather footage of the protected wreck sites to use on a Oc...
published: 14 Jul 2023
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The Edge Hill Engine Station under Scheduled Monument Status
August 2022 saw the Edge Hill Engine Station in Liverpool awarded Scheduled Monument Status. This video discusses why
published: 17 May 2023
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List of scheduled monuments in Mendip Top #15 Facts
published: 31 Jan 2016
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#glastonbury Tor #dollyzoomeffect #mini4pro 4 #glastonburyfestival
Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. The site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument. The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology.
published: 22 Jun 2024
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TTTV Cultural Heritage: discovering a scheduled monument at the National Memorial Arboretum.
A short film following a geophysics investigation by the TTTV team into the prehistoric scheduled monument at the National Memorial Arboretum. The monument had been identified from aerial photography and scheduled in 1970. Quarrying work in the 1990s destroyed much of the context for the monument but the protected area was avoided, despite the map of the monument being out of position. This meant that when the National Memorial Arboretum was established the exact location of the scheduled monument was only approximately known.
The TTTV team were asked to investigate and accurately locate the monument using geophysics. This was conducted using electrical resistivity equipment as a series of 20m x 20m grid sections, two 60m pseudo sections and a partial ground penetrating radar survey...
published: 21 Nov 2023
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A risky business: reducing risks to scheduled monuments
This paper will discuss how Historic England seeks to work in partnership to assess threats, monitor condition and deliver projects to reduce risks to scheduled monuments in protected landscapes across the south east. In particular, it will consider on-going collaborative initiatives within the South Downs National Park to encourage the cross-fertilization of ideas that can lead to innovation and new solutions to complex monument management issues. The paper will also highlight the challenges for monitoring condition and reducing risks to scheduled monuments under multi ownerships and with multi threats which can pose conflicting solutions and outcomes.
Alison McQuaid, Historic England
published: 21 Oct 2018
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Lost Stone Age Engineering Found In The Jungle #lost #stoneage #engineering
Stone marvels are all over the world and are now being uncovered deep into the jungles. There has been strange markings into stone that are hard for us to understand what they were for during antiquity. Some sites still have the main purpose except for this ancient place called Yuraq Rumi or Ñusta Hispana near the ancient temple called Rosas Pata or Vitcos.
Who do you think actually built these engineering marvels in the jungle?
#lost #stoneage #engineering
published: 23 Jun 2024
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Massive Museum Planned at North & South Block of Rashtrapati Bhawan: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |News9
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on June 30 commented upon the tourism sector in India and said that by 2025, as part of the Central Vista project, North and South Block of the Rashtrapati Bhawan will be converted as a museum, and will be the world's biggest museum, surpassing France's Louvre.
“...The definition of tourism is changing. The way immersive and experiential tourism has developed, I have ordered various district administrations to work on the possibilities and work on them... There are excessive tourism possibilities in India and this vertical contributes by 6.2% to the GDP... India is a part of the World Heritage Committee which is a UNESCO committee with 195 signatory countries... India has been a member of the Executive committee of UNESCO four...
published: 01 Jul 2024
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Old St Peter's Church, Thurso, scheduled monument
Old St Peter's Church is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Dedicated to Saint Peter, it dates to at least 1125, and at one time was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness. It became a scheduled monument in 1929 and from 1975 until 2016 it was also a Category A listed building.
Gear used GoPro Hero 8: https://amzn.to/3yz8Cm4
The church of Thurso is dedicated to Saint Peter. Though unnamed in the charter of Bishop Gilbert, it was one of the six reserved by him to the bishopric. Early in the 16th century, the vicarage of Thorso was held by Sir John Mathesoun chancellor of Caithness, on whose demission or otherwise Queen Mary in 1547 presented Master John Craig to the benefice. Master Walter Innes, who appears in rec...
published: 24 Sep 2021
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Scheduled monument
Scheduled monument, by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=100240 / CC BY SA 3.0
#Scheduled_monuments
#Archaeology_of_the_United_Kingdom
#Historic_En...
Scheduled monument, by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=100240 / CC BY SA 3.0
#Scheduled_monuments
#Archaeology_of_the_United_Kingdom
#Historic_England
#Heritage_registers_in_the_United_Kingdom
#Historic_Environment_Scotland
#Protected_areas_of_the_United_Kingdom
#Town_and_country_planning_in_the_United_Kingdom
Cranmore Castle in Devon is an Iron Age earthwork.
Like many scheduled monuments, it blends into the landscape, and may not be evident even to those crossing over it.
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation used for legally protecting heritage assets from damage and destruction are grouped under the term ‘designation’.
The protection provided to scheduled monuments is given under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which is a different law from that used for listed buildings (which fall within the town and country planning system).
A heritage asset is a part of the historic environment that is valued because of its historic, archaeological, architectural or artistic interest.
Only some of these are judged to be important enough to have extra legal protection through designation.
There are about 20,000 scheduled monuments in England representing about 37,000 heritage assets.
Of the tens of thousands of scheduled monuments in the UK, most are inconspicuous archaeological sites, but some are large ruins.
According to the 1979 Act, a monument cannot be a structure which is occupied as a dwelling, used as a place of worship or protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
In England, Wales and Scotland they are often referred to as a scheduled ancient monument, although the Act defines only ancient monument and scheduled monument.
A monument can be: In Northern Ireland they are designa...
https://wn.com/Scheduled_Monument
Scheduled monument, by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=100240 / CC BY SA 3.0
#Scheduled_monuments
#Archaeology_of_the_United_Kingdom
#Historic_England
#Heritage_registers_in_the_United_Kingdom
#Historic_Environment_Scotland
#Protected_areas_of_the_United_Kingdom
#Town_and_country_planning_in_the_United_Kingdom
Cranmore Castle in Devon is an Iron Age earthwork.
Like many scheduled monuments, it blends into the landscape, and may not be evident even to those crossing over it.
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation used for legally protecting heritage assets from damage and destruction are grouped under the term ‘designation’.
The protection provided to scheduled monuments is given under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which is a different law from that used for listed buildings (which fall within the town and country planning system).
A heritage asset is a part of the historic environment that is valued because of its historic, archaeological, architectural or artistic interest.
Only some of these are judged to be important enough to have extra legal protection through designation.
There are about 20,000 scheduled monuments in England representing about 37,000 heritage assets.
Of the tens of thousands of scheduled monuments in the UK, most are inconspicuous archaeological sites, but some are large ruins.
According to the 1979 Act, a monument cannot be a structure which is occupied as a dwelling, used as a place of worship or protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
In England, Wales and Scotland they are often referred to as a scheduled ancient monument, although the Act defines only ancient monument and scheduled monument.
A monument can be: In Northern Ireland they are designa...
- published: 07 Jan 2022
- views: 35
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Scheduled Monument: HMS Montagu
HMS Montagu was a five-year old 14,000 ton battleship that stranded in shallow water off Shutter Point, Lundy Island, without loss of life, on 30 May 1906.
The...
HMS Montagu was a five-year old 14,000 ton battleship that stranded in shallow water off Shutter Point, Lundy Island, without loss of life, on 30 May 1906.
The Montagu is the only survivor of six Duncan class pre-Dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy within north European waters.
You can find out more about the Iona II on the National Heritage List for England: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1440450
In December 2022 Historic England put out a call for proposals to celebrate 50 years of the Protection of Wrecks Act. MSDS Marine were commissioned to undertake a project to bring maritime archaeology to inland, landlocked, audiences. As part of the project a 360° camera was loaned to licensee teams to gather footage of the protected wreck sites to use on a Oculus Go headset at public events.
This footage was collected by Scott Thomson and the @nautarchsoc in June 2023. You can view the footage in 360° using a virtual reality headset (it works best this way), or you can explore the 360° elements of the video by using your mouse, or moving your phone or tablet, to see new areas.
https://wn.com/Scheduled_Monument_Hms_Montagu
HMS Montagu was a five-year old 14,000 ton battleship that stranded in shallow water off Shutter Point, Lundy Island, without loss of life, on 30 May 1906.
The Montagu is the only survivor of six Duncan class pre-Dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy within north European waters.
You can find out more about the Iona II on the National Heritage List for England: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1440450
In December 2022 Historic England put out a call for proposals to celebrate 50 years of the Protection of Wrecks Act. MSDS Marine were commissioned to undertake a project to bring maritime archaeology to inland, landlocked, audiences. As part of the project a 360° camera was loaned to licensee teams to gather footage of the protected wreck sites to use on a Oculus Go headset at public events.
This footage was collected by Scott Thomson and the @nautarchsoc in June 2023. You can view the footage in 360° using a virtual reality headset (it works best this way), or you can explore the 360° elements of the video by using your mouse, or moving your phone or tablet, to see new areas.
- published: 14 Jul 2023
- views: 71
8:15
The Edge Hill Engine Station under Scheduled Monument Status
August 2022 saw the Edge Hill Engine Station in Liverpool awarded Scheduled Monument Status. This video discusses why
August 2022 saw the Edge Hill Engine Station in Liverpool awarded Scheduled Monument Status. This video discusses why
https://wn.com/The_Edge_Hill_Engine_Station_Under_Scheduled_Monument_Status
August 2022 saw the Edge Hill Engine Station in Liverpool awarded Scheduled Monument Status. This video discusses why
- published: 17 May 2023
- views: 79596
0:18
#glastonbury Tor #dollyzoomeffect #mini4pro 4 #glastonburyfestival
Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. The site is m...
Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. The site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument. The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology.
https://wn.com/Glastonbury_Tor_Dollyzoomeffect_Mini4Pro_4_Glastonburyfestival
Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. The site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument. The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology.
- published: 22 Jun 2024
- views: 86
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TTTV Cultural Heritage: discovering a scheduled monument at the National Memorial Arboretum.
A short film following a geophysics investigation by the TTTV team into the prehistoric scheduled monument at the National Memorial Arboretum. The monument had...
A short film following a geophysics investigation by the TTTV team into the prehistoric scheduled monument at the National Memorial Arboretum. The monument had been identified from aerial photography and scheduled in 1970. Quarrying work in the 1990s destroyed much of the context for the monument but the protected area was avoided, despite the map of the monument being out of position. This meant that when the National Memorial Arboretum was established the exact location of the scheduled monument was only approximately known.
The TTTV team were asked to investigate and accurately locate the monument using geophysics. This was conducted using electrical resistivity equipment as a series of 20m x 20m grid sections, two 60m pseudo sections and a partial ground penetrating radar survey.
This film follows the investigation and examines the results of the geophysics work.
@HistoricEngland
https://wn.com/Tttv_Cultural_Heritage_Discovering_A_Scheduled_Monument_At_The_National_Memorial_Arboretum.
A short film following a geophysics investigation by the TTTV team into the prehistoric scheduled monument at the National Memorial Arboretum. The monument had been identified from aerial photography and scheduled in 1970. Quarrying work in the 1990s destroyed much of the context for the monument but the protected area was avoided, despite the map of the monument being out of position. This meant that when the National Memorial Arboretum was established the exact location of the scheduled monument was only approximately known.
The TTTV team were asked to investigate and accurately locate the monument using geophysics. This was conducted using electrical resistivity equipment as a series of 20m x 20m grid sections, two 60m pseudo sections and a partial ground penetrating radar survey.
This film follows the investigation and examines the results of the geophysics work.
@HistoricEngland
- published: 21 Nov 2023
- views: 599
15:51
A risky business: reducing risks to scheduled monuments
This paper will discuss how Historic England seeks to work in partnership to assess threats, monitor condition and deliver projects to reduce risks to scheduled...
This paper will discuss how Historic England seeks to work in partnership to assess threats, monitor condition and deliver projects to reduce risks to scheduled monuments in protected landscapes across the south east. In particular, it will consider on-going collaborative initiatives within the South Downs National Park to encourage the cross-fertilization of ideas that can lead to innovation and new solutions to complex monument management issues. The paper will also highlight the challenges for monitoring condition and reducing risks to scheduled monuments under multi ownerships and with multi threats which can pose conflicting solutions and outcomes.
Alison McQuaid, Historic England
https://wn.com/A_Risky_Business_Reducing_Risks_To_Scheduled_Monuments
This paper will discuss how Historic England seeks to work in partnership to assess threats, monitor condition and deliver projects to reduce risks to scheduled monuments in protected landscapes across the south east. In particular, it will consider on-going collaborative initiatives within the South Downs National Park to encourage the cross-fertilization of ideas that can lead to innovation and new solutions to complex monument management issues. The paper will also highlight the challenges for monitoring condition and reducing risks to scheduled monuments under multi ownerships and with multi threats which can pose conflicting solutions and outcomes.
Alison McQuaid, Historic England
- published: 21 Oct 2018
- views: 88
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Lost Stone Age Engineering Found In The Jungle #lost #stoneage #engineering
Stone marvels are all over the world and are now being uncovered deep into the jungles. There has been strange markings into stone that are hard for us to under...
Stone marvels are all over the world and are now being uncovered deep into the jungles. There has been strange markings into stone that are hard for us to understand what they were for during antiquity. Some sites still have the main purpose except for this ancient place called Yuraq Rumi or Ñusta Hispana near the ancient temple called Rosas Pata or Vitcos.
Who do you think actually built these engineering marvels in the jungle?
#lost #stoneage #engineering
https://wn.com/Lost_Stone_Age_Engineering_Found_In_The_Jungle_Lost_Stoneage_Engineering
Stone marvels are all over the world and are now being uncovered deep into the jungles. There has been strange markings into stone that are hard for us to understand what they were for during antiquity. Some sites still have the main purpose except for this ancient place called Yuraq Rumi or Ñusta Hispana near the ancient temple called Rosas Pata or Vitcos.
Who do you think actually built these engineering marvels in the jungle?
#lost #stoneage #engineering
- published: 23 Jun 2024
- views: 137248
5:30
Massive Museum Planned at North & South Block of Rashtrapati Bhawan: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |News9
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on June 30 commented upon the tourism sector in India and said that by 2025, as part of the Centr...
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on June 30 commented upon the tourism sector in India and said that by 2025, as part of the Central Vista project, North and South Block of the Rashtrapati Bhawan will be converted as a museum, and will be the world's biggest museum, surpassing France's Louvre.
“...The definition of tourism is changing. The way immersive and experiential tourism has developed, I have ordered various district administrations to work on the possibilities and work on them... There are excessive tourism possibilities in India and this vertical contributes by 6.2% to the GDP... India is a part of the World Heritage Committee which is a UNESCO committee with 195 signatory countries... India has been a member of the Executive committee of UNESCO four times so far, but for the first time, India has the Presidency of the World Heritage Committee, and a meeting has been scheduled for the next month... For the last five years, a monument/site, the dossier of which was submitted to the World Monument Committee, has been added to the World Heritage Monument list each year... By 2025, as part of the Central Vista project, North and South Block of the Rashtrapati Bhawan will be converted as a museum, and will be the world's biggest museum, surpassing France's Louvre... Deals have been signed at the Prime Minister- President level...” said Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
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https://wn.com/Massive_Museum_Planned_At_North_South_Block_Of_Rashtrapati_Bhawan_Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat_|News9
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on June 30 commented upon the tourism sector in India and said that by 2025, as part of the Central Vista project, North and South Block of the Rashtrapati Bhawan will be converted as a museum, and will be the world's biggest museum, surpassing France's Louvre.
“...The definition of tourism is changing. The way immersive and experiential tourism has developed, I have ordered various district administrations to work on the possibilities and work on them... There are excessive tourism possibilities in India and this vertical contributes by 6.2% to the GDP... India is a part of the World Heritage Committee which is a UNESCO committee with 195 signatory countries... India has been a member of the Executive committee of UNESCO four times so far, but for the first time, India has the Presidency of the World Heritage Committee, and a meeting has been scheduled for the next month... For the last five years, a monument/site, the dossier of which was submitted to the World Monument Committee, has been added to the World Heritage Monument list each year... By 2025, as part of the Central Vista project, North and South Block of the Rashtrapati Bhawan will be converted as a museum, and will be the world's biggest museum, surpassing France's Louvre... Deals have been signed at the Prime Minister- President level...” said Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
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News9 is India's first fully integrated English news brand across all digital platforms. It includes a publishing platform, viz. www.news9live.com, a future-ready OTT platform, News9 Plus, and a 24-Hour video streaming service on connected TVs and all social platforms.
It's the English news brand that understands and fits perfectly into the digital-first lifestyles of our English news audiences.
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#museum #rashtrapatibhawan #gajendrasinghshekhawat #unesco #travelandtourism
- published: 01 Jul 2024
- views: 121
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Old St Peter's Church, Thurso, scheduled monument
Old St Peter's Church is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Dedicated to Saint Peter, it dates to at least 1125, and at one ...
Old St Peter's Church is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Dedicated to Saint Peter, it dates to at least 1125, and at one time was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness. It became a scheduled monument in 1929 and from 1975 until 2016 it was also a Category A listed building.
Gear used GoPro Hero 8: https://amzn.to/3yz8Cm4
The church of Thurso is dedicated to Saint Peter. Though unnamed in the charter of Bishop Gilbert, it was one of the six reserved by him to the bishopric. Early in the 16th century, the vicarage of Thorso was held by Sir John Mathesoun chancellor of Caithness, on whose demission or otherwise Queen Mary in 1547 presented Master John Craig to the benefice. Master Walter Innes, who appears in record in 1554, was vicar of Thurso in 1560, and continued to hold the vicarage between 1561 and 1566. About 1567, John Rag was minister, and in 1574, Alexander Urquhart was minister of Olrik and Thurso, and John Davidsoun was reader at Thurso. In 1641, Alexander Monro, minister at Durnoch had from King Charles I, a grant of 800 marks Scots or of eight chalders victual in augmentation of his stipend from the rents of the bishopric in the parish of Thurso and elsewhere.
Old St Peter's, still standing, was disused since 1832 when a replacement church was built for the parish. That church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, is of Gothic style and was built to a design by William Burn.
It is cruciform and in the pointed style. A 1726 record states, "Above a vault looking into the east end of the church is a session house, but by the permission of the kirk session, it is used by the sheriff and magistrates of Thurso for a court house and prison; and above a dungeon likewise allowed them is a steeple and common clock". The now roofless structure was built using local rubble stone.
The structure is situated on the left bank of the River Thurso, close to the seafront. It is enclosed behind a rubble-slab wall. A complaint was made in 1786 regarding dung and rubbish being dumped on graves. In 2013, five gravestones were toppled and smashed.
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Old St Peter's Church is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Dedicated to Saint Peter, it dates to at least 1125, and at one time was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness. It became a scheduled monument in 1929 and from 1975 until 2016 it was also a Category A listed building.
Gear used GoPro Hero 8: https://amzn.to/3yz8Cm4
The church of Thurso is dedicated to Saint Peter. Though unnamed in the charter of Bishop Gilbert, it was one of the six reserved by him to the bishopric. Early in the 16th century, the vicarage of Thorso was held by Sir John Mathesoun chancellor of Caithness, on whose demission or otherwise Queen Mary in 1547 presented Master John Craig to the benefice. Master Walter Innes, who appears in record in 1554, was vicar of Thurso in 1560, and continued to hold the vicarage between 1561 and 1566. About 1567, John Rag was minister, and in 1574, Alexander Urquhart was minister of Olrik and Thurso, and John Davidsoun was reader at Thurso. In 1641, Alexander Monro, minister at Durnoch had from King Charles I, a grant of 800 marks Scots or of eight chalders victual in augmentation of his stipend from the rents of the bishopric in the parish of Thurso and elsewhere.
Old St Peter's, still standing, was disused since 1832 when a replacement church was built for the parish. That church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, is of Gothic style and was built to a design by William Burn.
It is cruciform and in the pointed style. A 1726 record states, "Above a vault looking into the east end of the church is a session house, but by the permission of the kirk session, it is used by the sheriff and magistrates of Thurso for a court house and prison; and above a dungeon likewise allowed them is a steeple and common clock". The now roofless structure was built using local rubble stone.
The structure is situated on the left bank of the River Thurso, close to the seafront. It is enclosed behind a rubble-slab wall. A complaint was made in 1786 regarding dung and rubbish being dumped on graves. In 2013, five gravestones were toppled and smashed.
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#thurso #stpeterchurch #thursochurch
- published: 24 Sep 2021
- views: 95