Cemeteries · North West England
Kirkcolm Cemetery
Kirkcolm Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
Billy McCrorie — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Stranraer · 8.1 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Kirkcolm Cemetery is a named cemetery in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 54.9733°, -5.0857°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Official information
Kirkcolm Cemetery is located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It serves as a burial ground and features memorials for various individuals, with a portion of the cemetery photographed and documented online.
From the Wikipedia article
Kirkcolm is a village and civil parish on the northern tip of the Rhinns of Galloway peninsula, south-west Scotland. It is in Dumfries and Galloway, and is part of the former county of Wigtownshire. The parish is bounded on the north and west by the sea, on the east by the bay of Loch Ryan and on the south by Leswalt parish.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The name Kirkcolm is often said – even by local people – to mean the Church of St. Columba. However, the early spellings of the name as Kyrcum (1276), Kirkcum (1397) and Kirkcum (1525) cast doubt on that interpretation, as does the modern local pronunciation which is not Colm with a long 'o', but Cum with a short 'u'. The saint who is actually referred to by the name is mentioned by a papal letter of 1397 as 'St Cummin'. This is the name of more than one Gaelic saint of the early Middle Ages, but the most likely to be commemorated here is Cumméne Find, the seventh abbot of Iona who died in AD 669. The parish has a spring known as the Crosswell, or St. Columba's Well, but this designation…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9733, -5.0857
- District
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Postcode
- DG9 0NP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Nearest railway station
- Stranraer — 8.1 km
Sources
- osm: w974290341 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Kirkcolm (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Other places nearby
Church of Scotland, Ervie-Kirkcolm Parish Church, Church Road, Kirkcolm
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Graveyard and Well, St Columba's Old Parish Church, Kirkcolm
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Church of Scotland, Ervie-Kirkcolm Parish Church, Church Road, Kirkcolm
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Corsewall Bridge
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Graveyard and Well, St Columba's Old Parish Church, Kirkcolm
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kirkcolm Cemetery?
- Kirkcolm Cemetery is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DG9 0NP).
- What is Kirkcolm Cemetery?
- Kirkcolm Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Kirkcolm Cemetery?
- The nearest railway station is Stranraer, about 8.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode DG9 0NP.
- Is Kirkcolm Cemetery free to visit?
- Yes, Kirkcolm Cemetery is free to enter.
- How do I get to Kirkcolm Cemetery?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DG9 0NP. It sits within the Dumfries and Galloway parliamentary constituency.