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Dalmeny Church

"From the Style of its architecture which is Anglo Norman and from its striking
resemblance to the church of Narcoide near Carlisle which was built before the time
of William the Conqueror but which is greatly its inferior in point of embellishment we
cannot err in referring it at the latest to the tenth or eleventh centuries" etc. -- New stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Co. [County] Linlithgow, page 102

"The age of the church as a temple church could by no means exceed 700 years but it is said
Strikingly to resemble the Saxon church of Warthwick near Carlisle which bears a date
undoubtedly to the Conquest". -- Life on Land and Water at Queensferry by Fyfe

"It was a parsonage during the 12th. century. It continued to belong to the monks of Jedburgh
till the Reformation dissolved the ancient connection. The Monks meantime enjoyed the revenues
of the rectory while the cure was served by a vicar. Before that epoch there were several
altars in the church with appropriate revenues. There was an altar dedicated to St. Cuthbert
and another to St. Brigid." -- Chalmers Caledonia

At the door of the church there is a Stone Coffin of large dimensions Cut from a single
block of Stone and Covered both on the lid and sides with hieroglyphics which cannot be
now deciphered. It was found near to its present position in digging a grave belonging to the
Stewarts of Craigie but nothing can be traced of its origin. -- New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Of Co. [County] Linlithgow p. 102.