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Tongland Parish Church

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Burial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century)

Site Name Tongland Parish Church

Classification Burial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Tongland Church Of Scotland

Canmore ID 215036

Site Number NX65SE 349

NGR NX 69794 53914

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/215036

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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General view of parish church taken from the north.
General view of parish church taken from the north.Tongland Church Scanned image only. General view of parish church taken from the north east.General view of parish church taken from the south east.General view of parish church tower showing blind windows taken from the south.General view from E.Interior. Porch, detail of old pew.Oblique aerial view of Tongland Parish Church, taken from the SE.General view of parish church taken from the south east.General view of parish church taken from the north east.General view from N.Tongland churchyard. View of mausoleum. Digital image of A 38847Oblique aerial view of Tongland Parish Church, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view of Tongland Parish Church, taken from the NNW.Oblique aerial view of Tongland Parish Church, taken from the ESE.Detail of doorway in south west tower.Detail of boot scraper.General view of parish church taken from the north.General view of parish church taken from the north north east.General view from SE.Detail of 1813 datestone.Graveyard. Headstone for Sarah Elder. General view of parish church taken from the east.General view of parish tower taken from the south west.General view of parish church tower showing blind windows taken from the north.General view from NE.General view from NW.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Tongland
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Stewartry
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Architecture Notes

See also:

NX65SE 12 69768 53925 Tongland Old Parish Church (built on site of Tongland Abbey)

NX65SE 335 69723 53864 Former Tongland Manse (now Mansewood)

Further Details

Site Management (22 December 1992)

Buildings at Risk Register BARR

Rectangular neo-Gothic hall church with square tower to N and later vestry/porch to S gable. Sandstone rubble with polished red sandstone margins and dressings, all openings recently blocked with breeze-block. 3-bay buttressed body of church, hoodmoulded Tudor-arch windows. Slate roofs, sandstone skews. (Historic Scotland)

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Note

Burial ground depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (1852). Current extent of graveyard defined / digitized from orthoimagery provided by Bluesky International Ltd. OS 1km map square NX6953 (Core ID 4320309) flown on 18 June 2021

Information from HES (C DeDeo) 20 March 2024

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