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Dunrod Church And Graveyard
Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval), Font (Medieval)
Site Name Dunrod Church And Graveyard
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval), Font (Medieval)
Canmore ID 63928
Site Number NX64NE 8
NGR NX 69950 46020
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63928
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcudbright
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX64NE 8 69950 46020.
(NX 6995 4602) Dunrod Church (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Dunrod church, now ruinous, was dedicated to St Mary and St Brioc, and attached to Holyrood Abbey. On plan, the ruins are of the simple Norman type, with a nave and chancel measuring 30' 2" by 18' 9", and 18' by 14' 4" respectively, within c. 3' 4" thick walls, which now stand only 3' above ground. It appears at one time to have stood within an enclosure, now almost levelled, measuring 76' 2" by 42' 2". The present boundary wall enclosing the graveyard is probably of 19th century date.
The interior of the ruined church is filled with modern tombstones and vegetation. Its elaborate Romanesque font is in Kirkcudbright Museum. The parish was united to Kirkcudbright c. 1663.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911; C A R Radford 1963; H Scott 1917; 1950
The remains of the church are as described. Part of the enclosing wall survives in the SW.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 7 April 1971.
