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What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hownam Church and Graveyard as Burial Ground (period Unknown), Church (20th Century), Church (medieval), War Memorial(s) (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.
A medieval church and burial ground; significant as a long-used religious and funerary site with potential for earlier remains beneath.
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Places near here
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SharplawFarmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval) · 163 yd
Hownam SteepleCultivation Terrace(s) (period Unassigned) · 288 yd
HownamEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 489 yd
ChesterhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 1294 yd
Deanbrae LawMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Over Whitton HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Upper ChattoNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Deadrig PlantationForest · 1.8 mi
Whitton TowerTower House (medieval) · 2.2 mi
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