Old Parish Church of Kirkmaiden

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Old Parish Church of Kirkmaiden

The Old Parish Church of Kirkmaiden , also colloquially Kirk Covenant , is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland near the Scottish town of Drummore in the council area Dumfries and Galloway . In 1972 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

The earliest mention of a church building in this region dates back to 1386. The church was about five kilometers south of the current building. When construction began on today's church in 1638, it became obsolete. 1638 went down in history as the year of the Covenanters' oath of allegiance to the National Covenant . This connection is responsible for the colloquial church name "Kirk Covenant". The construction dragged on over a longer period of time and was not completed until the 1650s. The gallery was redesigned in 1885 in order to offer more seating. The prayer room dates from 1921. Ten years later, the Parish von Kirkmaiden was merged with the Parish Drummore. As parish henceforth served the St Medan's Church in Drummore .

The Old Parish Church of Kirkmaiden's bell, in use from the early 17th century, is from Castle Clanyard . The inscription says that it was cast by John Morrison for Nicholas Ramsay, Lord Dalhousie in 1534 . It was moved to Logan House in 1885 and reinstalled in the church around 1945.

description

The church stands in the middle of the hamlet of Kirkmaiden on the Rhins of Galloway . Your masonry is made of quarry stone . The building has a T-shaped floor plan. The newer prayer room also adjoins the west side. On the gable above is a roof turret made of red sandstone with the open bell. It concludes with a weather vane . Twelve-part lattice windows are installed along the facade . The building closes with a slate roof .

A quarry stone wall encloses the surrounding cemetery. Square posts terminating with pyramidal caps support the two-winged iron access gates. Numerous ornamented tombstones from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. A headstone in the form of a lighthouse on the grave of a former lighthouse keeper of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse from the year 1852 should be emphasized. A newer cemetery is attached to the east side.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Old Parish Church of Kirkmaiden  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 54 ° 41 ′ 32.4 "  N , 4 ° 54 ′ 40.8"  W.