Gullane

Title

Gullane

Also Known As

Golyn, Gulen

Dates

Founded by 12th century

Dedication

Andrew

Affiliation

Dryburgh

Medieval Diocese

St. Andrews

Circary

Scotland

History

A parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Dryburgh. The church dated to the 12th century, with later medieval alterations, and is now in ruins. It was disused from the 17th century.

Status

Parish church

Bibliography

Mitchell, A.M. “Writings Related to the Ruins of the Old Church of St. Andrew in Gullane.” Transactions of the East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists’ Society 20 (1988): 1–10.

Ryan, A., and N. Ryan. “A Tomb-Slab in Gullane Church.” Transactions of the East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists’ Society 12 (1970): 61–63.

Sproat, Diana. “‘Amidst the Ivy Thou Perceiv’st a Ruin’. Examining the History and Development of St. Andrew’s Kirk, Gullane.” Transactions of the East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists’ Society 29 (2013): 4–21.

Image Credit

The Old Church of St Andrew, Gullane, 2006. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Scotland

Citation

“Gullane,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/926.

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