Durisdeer Parish Church
Cross (Early Medieval)
Site Name Durisdeer Parish Church
Classification Cross (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Durisdeer Parish School; Durisdeer; Lower Dalveen Farm
Canmore ID 319028
Site Number NS80SE 12.03
NGR NS 89407 03770
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Durisdeer
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NS80SE 12.00 89407 03770
NS80SE 12.01 NS 89399 03776 Monument; Mausoleum; Vault
NS80SE 12.02 NS 8942 0376 Burial-Ground
(NS 8940 0376) Church (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
It is not known when the original Durisdeer parish church, which Ramage suggests was dedicated to St Cuthbert, was built. The present church was built in 1699, repaired in 1776 (Name Book 1857), and renovated in the mid-19th century.
A tombstone on the S side of the church marks the grave of Daniel McMichel, a Covenanter, shot at Dalveen in 1685.
A 10th century cross-fragment, found in the wall of the old church, is now in Dumfries Museum.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; G Hay 1957; C T Ramage 1876; H Scott 1917; W G Collingwood 1926; A E Truckell 1966
