Archaeology Notes

Event ID 727442

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX55SW 3 5121 5405.

(NX 5122 5405) Kirkdale Church (NR) (Remains of)

OS 6" map (1957)

Only fragments remain of Kirkdale Church, which was dedicated to St Michael, situated within an overgrown graveyard. Kirkdale, which belonged to Whithorn Priory, was originally a separate parish, which united with Kirkmabreck in 1618.

H Scott 1917; E M H M'Kerlie 1916

The remains of Kirkdale Church, measuring internally c. 20.0m E-W by 8.5m transversely, and oriented E-W, generally survive as a ruinous wall c.1.0m wide of roughly coursed masonry with pinnings bonded with shell mortar. A fragment of the N wall 5.0m long stands c.3.0m high. Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (RD) 13 March 1972