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Kirkmabreck Church And Burial-ground
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Site Name Kirkmabreck Church And Burial-ground
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkmabreck Kirk
Canmore ID 63325
Site Number NX45NE 3
NGR NX 49250 56504
NGR Description Centred on NX 49250 56504
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63325
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX45NE 3 4925 5650.
(NX 4925 5650) Kirkmabreck Church (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
The NSA and ONB both describe the ruins of an old church, dedicated to St Brioch (H Scott 1911), surrounded by a graveyard which is still in use. It belonged to Dunrennan Abbey in 1351, then to the king in 1587. The church was transplanted to Creetown in 1636 (see NX45NE 6).
The RCAHMS, however, state that there are no remains of an ecclesiastical character to be seen here. There are many old and curious gravestones in the graveyard.
NSA 1845 (J Muir); Name Book 1849; RCAHMS 1914, visited 1912; I B Cowan 1967
The remains of Kirkmabreck Church measure 17.6m E-W x 6.0m transversely within walls 0.9m wide of roughly coursed masonry with pinnings. They stand to almost roof height on the N,S and W, while the east gable is intact. The entrance is at the east end of the south wall. The building is divided into three unconnected compartments by two internal walls. The burial ground is still in occasional use.
Visited by OS (RD) 30 August 1970
Field Visit (5 July 1994)
The ruins of this church measure 15.4m from E to W by 5.4m transversely within mortared rubble walls 0.8m thick and up to 2m high (excluding the E gable which is 6m high). It is divided into three compartments, each of which has an entrance in the S side wall and there is a window in the E gable. The subdivision presumably took place after 1636, when the church was transplanted to Creetown, and was perhaps carried out to provide private burial vaults. The burial ground, which surrounds the church, is overgrown.
(Cree94 324)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 5 July 1994
Note (20 March 2024)
A ruined church and burial ground is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (1850).
Information from HES (D Watson) 20 March 2024
