
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Foulden Parish Church as Church (13th Century), Church (18th Century) (1786). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Foulden Parish Church, located in the Scottish Borders, is traditionally associated with St Nicholas, and local tradition holds that a medieval chapel on the site predated the 13th-century church. The church is linked to the custom of "riding the bounds," a ritual where parishioners would walk or ride the church boundaries to reaffirm communal ties and territorial limits.
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