
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Girthon Old Parish Church as Burial Ground (17th Century), Church (17th Century), Covenanters Grave (17th Century) (1685), Gravestone (18th 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.
17th- to 18th-century church and burial ground with a Covenanters grave (1685), reflecting religious persecution and settlement history in Scotland. Its gravestones contribute to the understanding of local funerary practices and social history.
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Places near here
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Bar HillPlantation Bank (period Unassigned)(possible) · 602 yd
Bar Hill PlantationWood · 820 yd
Cally House Policies, the TempleFolly (18th Century) · 981 yd
Plunton HillMountain / peak · 1628 yd
Cally ParkForest · 1657 yd
Cream O' GallowayHeritage attraction · 1.1 mi
Cally CastleEarthwork (medieval), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 1.3 mi
Ant: Gatehouse of Fleet, Water of FleetSchooner (19th Century) · 1.4 mi
Cardoness CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.5 mi
Millennium CairnMemorial · 2.0 miOther information
Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0