Field Visit
Date 2 July 1993
Event ID 1149064
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1149064
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Nothing is visible of the old parish church of Kirkconnel, but it probably stood on the S side of the 18th-century mausoleum that occupies the high ground on the N side of the burial-ground; the area is respected by the disposition of 18th-century graveslabs. The mausoleum, which was erected in about 1725 for the Maxwells of Springkell (probably after the church was demolished) is rectangular on plan and of two storeys; the ground floor originally had a barrel-vault and access to the upper storey was gained by a forestair on the S. At the edge of the field, some 30m to the W of the mausoleum, there is a stone cross, possibly a medieval preaching cross.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, PC), 2 July 1993.
Listed as Kirkconnel, church, burial-ground and medieval graveslabs.
RCAHMS 1997.
