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Ardrossan, Castle Hill, Old Parish Church and Graveyard

Burial Ground (medieval), Church (13th Century), Long Cist (early Medieval), Museum (20th Century)

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Ardrossan, Castle Hill, Old Parish Church and Graveyard is a medieval burial ground, a thirteenth-century church, an early medieval long cist and a twentieth-century museum in North Ayrshire, Scotland. People may have walked that hill for centuries, buried their dead beside the church, kept memories in stone and later shared them with visitors. The place still carries the weight of those changes, even when no one is pointing at them.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ardrossan, Castle Hill, Old Parish Church and Graveyard as Burial Ground (medieval), Church (13th Century), Long Cist (early Medieval), Museum (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The old parish church at Ardrossan was built in the 13th century and is associated with the ancient parish of Ardrossan in Ayrshire. It is remembered as an important medieval religious site and as part of a historic complex that includes a medieval burial ground and early medieval long cist.

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