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Latitude: 55.8585 / 55°51'30"N
Longitude: -3.077 / 3°4'37"W
OS Eastings: 332679
OS Northings: 663331
OS Grid: NT326633
Mapcode National: GBR 60YP.MR
Mapcode Global: WH6T7.P0YN
Entry Name: Cockpen,old parish church
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1935
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1186
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Ecclesiastical: church
Location: Cockpen
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian South
Traditional County: Midlothian
The monument is of national importance because it has the potential to contribute to an understanding of medieval and early modern ecclesiastical architecture, religious practices and material culture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NT36SW 3.
References:
MacGibbon D and Ross T 1896-7, THE ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND FROM THE EARLIEST CHRISTIAN TIMES TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
O'Sullivan J 1995, 'ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT COCKPEN MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH, MIDLOTHIAN, 1993' Proc Soc Antiq, Scot 125, 881-900.
RCAHMS 1929, TENTH REPORT WITH INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE COUNTIES OF MIDLOTHIAN AND WEST LOTHIAN, Edinburgh.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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