The Ruins of Auldcathie Kirk, near Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland

Auldcathie Kirk

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The ruins of Auldcathie Church, a pre-Reformation church around half a mile north of Winchburgh in West Lothian.

The church is first mentioned in records in 1198, when it was granted to a William Gifford by the Prior of St.Andrews.

In 1528, one of the first martyrs of the Reformation, Patrick Hamilton of Kingscavil, was burnt at the stake here. The church could not recruit a Minister for Auldcathie following the Reformation, and stand-ins were sent out from the nearby Parishes of Abercorn and Cramond. The Commissioners of Parliament annexed the Parish of Auldcathie to the Parishes of Dalmeny in 1618, and Auldcathie Church fell into ruin soon after.