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ST LUKE'S CHURCH (Remains of) St. Luke's Church
(Remains of)
Rev[eren]d John Wylie
Daniel Rankin Esq.
J.L. Stewart Esq.
019.13 It appears from the Stat: Acct:
that prior to the Reformation
the Parish Church was
dedicated to St. Luke (see extract
under the head of "supposed site of
St. Lukes Ch: and Cistercian Abbey"
in Plan 18.16.) and that
subsequent to the Reformation
this building was still used as
a place of worship, of which
positive evidence is obtained
from the Stat. Acct. which states
that "During the earlier part
of the reign of the 1st Charles
a manifest was published at
Carluke Kirk door denouncing
the reigning Monarch etc. etc."
The Church was however gradually
allowed to fall into decay until
the erection of the present Parish Church
in 1799 when it became entirely
disused. all that remains at
present of the ancient pile is its
Belfry which is about 60 feet high
and from which the old P[aris]h Bell is
still suspended. and the remains
of portions of two aisles the larger
one being about 3 or 4 feet above
the surface and the smaller one
almost level with the ground
the

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