What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirkconnel, Old Parish Church, Fair Helen's Tombstone as Grave Slab(s) (medieval). 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.
Medieval grave slab, likely 13th to 16th century. Associated with Kirkconnel Parish Church and possibly linked to local legend of "Fair Helen," reflecting medieval funerary practices and cultural memory in southern Scotland.
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