Graveyard in Kilross

A rectangular graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) enclosed by a low repointed stone wall. It is entered through a gateway, with plain limestone piers and a wrought iron gate, in the S wall. In the NW corner are the fragmentary remains of Kilross parish church (SL021-056001-). Most of the headstones are of 19th- and 20th-century date but the earliest noted was dated 1721. There are also a number of low uninscribed grave-markers, six chest-tombs and a number of recumbent slabs. The most notable plot is a 19th-century walled enclosure, with three memorials to the Ormsbys of Castledargan, which overlies the line of the S wall of the church. There are no visible remains of the foundations of a possible building (noted by M. B. Timoney, pers. comm.) (SL021-056004-) to the ESE of the church. Three quernstones (SL021-056003-) have been found in the graveyard, two of which are in the NMI. A road (SL021-057----) lies c. 100m to the S. Attached images: SL021-056002-_01.JPG Viewed from SE SL021-056002-_02.JPG Viewed from NW SL021-056002-_03.JPG 19th-century headstone, with box tomb and church (SL021-056001-) in background SL021-056002-_04.JPG Detail of 19th-century headstone SL021-056002-_05.JPG Detail of headstone Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A rectangular graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) enclosed by a low repointed stone wall. It is entered through a gateway, with plain limestone piers and a wrought iron gate, in the S wall. In the NW corner are the fragmentary remains of Kilross parish church (SL021-056001-). Most of the headstones are of 19th- and 20th-century date but the earliest noted was dated 1721. There are also a number of low uninscribed…