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Newton Stewart, Church Street, Penninghame Burial-ground And Mausoleum
Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Mausoleum (Post Medieval)
Site Name Newton Stewart, Church Street, Penninghame Burial-ground And Mausoleum
Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Mausoleum (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Penninghame Burial-ground With Mausoleum
Canmore ID 63482
Site Number NX46NW 59
NGR NX 40967 65310
NGR Description Centred NX 40967 65310
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63482
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Penninghame
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
Rectangular, ashlar mausoleum with door (plain boarded) and substantial pyramidal ashlar roof, set in rubble enclosure with coping. (Historic Scotland)
Erected by Samuel Douglas, founder of Samuel Douglas' Free School,which became Douglas Academy. (Gifford)
Note (21 March 2024)
A burial ground is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (1847).
Information from HES (D Watson) 21 March 2024
