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Ayr, Alloway, Alloway Auld Kirk, Kirkyard
Churchyard (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ayr, Alloway, Alloway Auld Kirk, Kirkyard
Classification Churchyard (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Churchyard
Canmore ID 277367
Site Number NS31NW 2.01
NGR NS 33199 18061
NGR Description Centred NS 33199 18061
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277367
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS31NW 2.01 centred 33199 18061
A number of 18th-century gravestones are situated on the NE side of the church. (For an Early Medieval cross-slab, possibly originally situated in the burial-ground, see NS31NW 5.
RCAHMS 1985, visited (IMS) July 1985
Watching Brief (22 August 2008 - 30 October 2008)
NS 339 180 Monitoring of restoration and conservation works was undertaken between 22 August and 30 October 2007. During the removal of the existing public footpath around the Kirk large quantities of human remains and two previously unmarked graves were uncovered. The remains were disarticulated and had clearly been disturbed at an earlier date, probably during work to create the existing footpath. The human remains have been re-interred in an appropriate manner.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: RCAHMS and WoSAS SMR
Funder: ARP Lorimer and Associates; CBC Stone
Christine Rennie (GUARD), 2008
Watching Brief (19 April 2012 - 14 August 2012)
Archaeological monitoring was carried out on behalf of the National Trust for Scotland with respect to the installation of lighting at Alloway Kirk, South Ayrshire (NGR NS 3319 1805) from 18th June to 28th June 2012, and then again on the 23rd and 24th of July 2012 . The archaeological works were designed to monitor the hand dug excavation of trenches for the installation of cables and light fittings associated with a new lighting system. No new significant archaeological remains were discovered during the course of these works.
Information from Oasis (rathmell1-125105) 5 March 2014
