Corrie Church, church and graveyard

Heritage listing

Date Added 24/03/2010 Type Crosses and carved stones: tombstone, Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish Hutton And Corrie NGR NY 19749 84257 Coordinates 319749, 584257 — The monument comprises the former parish church of Corrie and the associated burial ground. The church is visible above ground as a low platform and the surrounding burial ground contains three recumbent medieval graveslabs and many later upstanding gravemarkers, some from the 17th and 18th centuries. Initial construction of the church may date to as early as the 12th century. The building went out of use in 1609 when the parishes of Corrie and Hutton were joined, though burials continued in the graveyard. The burial ground is bounded by a stone perimeter wall. It lies about 85m south-east of Corriehills at the top of a gentle east-facing slope at around 200m above sea level. Traces of turf covered footings, up to 1.8m wide and 0.2m high, and a low platform indicate the position of the church. Together, they define a building footprint measuring 26m east-west by up to 7.4m transversely. A cluster of late 17th- and 18th-century gravemarkers lies to the south of this area, respecting its S side, suggesting that the church was still a significant feature at that time. Architectural fragments found at the site include a fragment of cusped tracery, rebated for glazing, indicating that the building had glazed windows. Many of these fragments are incorporated within the perimeter wall. The medieval stones in the graveyard include a coped grave cover of a type which may be a later development of the hogback, a cross-bearing gravestone with calvary base of probable late 13th-century or 14th-century date known as the 'Dragon Stone' and a slab decora

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.