Cross Kirk Peebles

According to legend (and the tourist information board ) the Kirk is supposed to have been founded in 1261 when a fine cross was dug up on the site. It became a Trinitarian friars house in 1474. This was dissolved at the time of the Reformation, in about 1561. It was used again after nearby St. Andrews parish church was damaged by the English army in 1529 but abandoned when a new church was build in 1784. I went to see the small graveyard attached to the ruins but this now proved to be in what looked very much like a private garden. I will try and go again as it was the private burial ground of the Hays of Haystoun and the Erskins of Venlaw. I'm usually braver when I've got someone else with me!

You can see another picture of the kirk here.