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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 771610
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/771610
NY16NW 40 10066 68207
For Ruthwell Cross (in apse) see NY16NW 4; for manse see NY16NW 5.
Presbytery of Dumfries: the church was dedicated to St Cuthbert.
H Scott 1915-61.
c. 1800; much altered.
G Hay 1957.
Ruthwell (Glasgow, Annandale). An independent parsonage in Bagimond, the church remained unappropriated, its patronage pertaining to the Murrays of Cockpool from the early 14th century to the Reformation.
I B Cowan 1967.
The sculptured fragment that lies at the foot of the Ruthwell Cross (NY16NW 4) measures 0.41m in length, is rectangular in section and has evidently formed part of a much longer lintel or door-jamb; it bears traces of mortar, suggesting that it was formerly incorporated into the structure of the mediaeval parish church. It is decorated with a well-executed circular plait within a panel; the comparanda for this decoration are continental rather than local.
Held in Dumfries Museum, there is a semi-circular drum-capital of diameter 0.8m which is decorated with arcading and roll-mouldings. This may be attributed to the last quarter of the 11th century.
J Williams 1975.
Ruthwell and Mount Kedar Church. Painted rubble kirk with a complex building history. It began as a very long and narrow medieval church, and in the late 17th century. The Murrays of Cockpool added a S burial 'aisle' In 1801-3 the main block was recast by Sanderson of Dalkeith. The N apse (which houses the Ruthwell cross) was added by Campbell Douglas and Sellars in 1886-7, and in 1906 James Barbour and Bowie again recast the building.
J Gifford 1996.
