Low Curghie
Burial (Period Unassigned), Grave Slab (Period Unassigned), Inscribed Stone (Period Unknown)
Site Name Low Curghie
Classification Burial (Period Unassigned), Grave Slab (Period Unassigned), Inscribed Stone (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 60985
Site Number NX13NW 24
NGR NX 129 376
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60985
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmaiden
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX13NW 24 129 376.
Todd (1860) records that a grave was lately opened up near Curghie House. It was covered with a flag of slaty stone on which was a Latin inscription, almost illegible save for the name Ventidius and the information that he was a sub-deacon of the church (? Diaconus). This stone is now lost (c/f NX04NE 1).
R C Reid 1959; A C Thomas 1968
Curghie House is at NX 1245 3679. No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 3 February 1972
Shortly before 1860 a grave was discovered 'nigh to Low Curghie'; it was covered by a stone slab bearing a badly weathered Latin inscription possibly dating to the 5th/6th century. The original description of the stone (which is now lost) records that the name Ventidius was legible along with one other word which is only given in translation as 'sub-deacon'. Although it has been assumed that this is a rendering of the Latin diaconus there is no evidence to support this. The use of the inscribed slab as a grave-cover suggests that it may not have been in its original position and that the grave may be of more recent date.
W Todd 1860; R C Reid 1959; A C Thomas 1968; 1981; RCAHMS 1985
