Lyne Kirk, also called Lyne Church, is a seventeenth-century church in East Lothian, about eight kilometers west of Peebles in the Scottish region of Scottish Borders . The church since the Reformation has beeb in use as a parish church of the Church of Scotland .

Lyne Church was built between 1640 and 1645 by John Hay of Yester, who later became the first Earl of Tweeddale. The church was built on the site of a twelfth-century church. Given the discovery in 1998 of three early Christian tombs ( stone coffins ), dating from the sixth to the eighth century on the hill near Abbey Knowe is not unlikely that there is an even earlier church stood.

In 1888 a major restoration took place. In 1988 the church was renovated again, this time to discover the original roof

Lyne Church is a seventeenth-century church. The church measures 54.6 by 6.5 meters and is oriented east-west. In the nineteenth century access was via the south side. The interior is seventeenth century. The pulpit and the pews date from 1644 and are of Dutch origin. [The font is from before the Reformation of 1560.

Around the church is a cemetery. The oldest tombstone dates from 1707. There is a so-called Adam and Eve, tombstone from 1712; This commemorates the sixteen-year-old Janet Veitch.

West of Lyne Abbey Church are Abbey Knowe and Lyne Roman Fort

Abbey Knowe has three early Christian graves, stone coffins oriented east-west. The stone boxes consist of a wider and a narrower portion. The bodies were stretched pickled, rather than with knees bent, feet on the narrow end. There are no bodies were found in these three stone coffins. Given the size of the stone coffins, it is likely that they were meant for children.

The Lyne Roman Fort dates from the time of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius ( 142 - 162 ) and had a number of buildings built of red sandstone. [2] The fort gave shelter to several years of infantry and cavalry.=