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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 729149
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/729149
NY18SW 18 12896 83837.
(NY 1289 8383) Church (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
For predecessor parish church at Sandbed (NY c. 12 84), see NY18SW 110. For present Dryfesdale Parish Church (in Lockerbie, at NY 1356 8185), see NY18SW 73. For stone basin or font, possibly from this church and now at Kirkton (NY 1318 8379), see NY18SW 47.01.
Church built in 1671 and churchyard, threatened by the waters of the River Dryfe, was replaced by another church at Lockerbie in 1757. This is the second of two churches on Kirkhill. The first, dedicated to St Cuthbert and mentioned in 1116, is said to have been swept away by the river in 1670.
NSA 1845 (D B Douie); Name Book 1856; T Henderson 1930; OSA 1793
No trace of a church remains at the published site. Several 17th c. and crude, unmarked gravestones can be seen in the old graveyard.
Visited by OS (RD) 23 May 1966
Grave Yard [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1990.
