NEWLANDS, OLD KIRK and KIRKYARD

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records NEWLANDS, OLD KIRK and KIRKYARD as Church (post Medieval). 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.

Linked to an unspecified local saint or tradition, the old kirk and kirkyard at Newlands may have been a site of Christian worship since the post-Medieval period, though specific saints or associated folklore are not recorded in available sources. Holy wells or ritual sites near such kirkyards in Scotland were often connected to healing or protective traditions, though no specific cure or custom is documented for this location.