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Dornock Parish Church

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Burial Ground (Medieval) - (21st Century), Church (Medieval) - (18th Century), Church (18th Century) - (21st Century) (1793), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)

Site Name Dornock Parish Church

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (21st Century), Church (Medieval) - (18th Century), Church (18th Century) - (21st Century) (1793), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Dornock Village; Dornock Parish Church And Churchyard; War Memorial Plaques And Rolls Of Honour

Canmore ID 94924

Site Number NY26NW 4

NGR NY 23048 65984

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/94924

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Oblique aerial view of Dornock Parish Church, taken from the SSE.
Oblique aerial view of Dornock Parish Church, taken from the SSE.General view from S.General view from SE.Oblique aerial view of Dornock Parish Church, taken from the N.Oblique aerial view of Dornock Parish Church, taken from the SE.General view from S.Dornock Parish Church, NY26NW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoGeneral view from SE.View of burial ground from SE.Map showing the distribution of medieval parish churches (named) in Annandale and Eskdale, against the pattern of parish boundaries at the present day. Published in Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape.Oblique aerial view of Dornock Parish Church, taken from the SSE.Dornock Parish Church, NY26NW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoOblique aerial view of Dornock Parish Church, taken from the ENE.Oblique aerial view of Dornock Parish Church, taken from the NNE.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Dornock Churchyard, Dumfries.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Dornock Churchyard, Dumfries.View of burial ground, showing table tomb.General view of burial ground from SE.General view of burial ground from ESE.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Dornock
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NY26NW 4.00 23048 65984

NY26NW 4.01 2304 6596 Church; Burial-Ground; Recumbent grave-slabs; Sculptured stones

This church dates from 1793. It was renovated in 1860 and 1886.

G D Hay 1957.

Dornock Parish Church. T-plan church built of sneck-harled rubble in 1793. Tall N porch added in 1884-5 by James Barbour. The small W porch and E vestry are later additions.

To the SE of the church, three hogbacked gravestones, possibly 16th century, carved with panels containing fleurs-de-lis.

J Gifford 1996.

Dornock. Listed as church, burial-ground, medieval coped grave-covers and architectural fragments.

RCAHMS 1997; Riddell MSS 581, 28-9.

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Project (February 2014 - July 2014)

A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

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RCAHMS National Archaeological Survey: Eastern Dumfriesshire

NY26NW 4.00 2304 6596

Dornock. Listed as church, burial-ground, medieval coped grave-covers and architectural fragments.

RCAHMS 1997

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