Little Dalton Church

Heritage listing

Date Added 07/11/2007 Type Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish Dalton NGR NY 08912 74688 Coordinates 308912, 574688 — The monument comprises the remains of Little Dalton kirk, a medieval to early-modern parish church, with upstanding remains dating from the 13th to 17th centuries. It lies on the E side of Dalton Burn on a raised 'platform' within what is now pasture. It is marked on all editions of the Ordnance Survey map as Little Dalton Church (remains of). Little Dalton is mentioned in several 17th-century documents, including a letter from James VI to the Privy Council, dated 1615. The church is T-shaped in plan, with a rectangular nave oriented WSW/ESE, a square off-centre NNW aisle and a sacristy on the NNW wall. You enter the aisle through a round-headed arch with projecting imposts, on the NNW side of the nave. The Little Dalton Kirk Trust has consolidated the walls in the recent past. They stand to 2-4m in height. Three windows with rectangular rear-arches survive intact: a small lancet, one round-arched and one rectangular window. Tumble still exists internally but some rubble has been moved and is piled up on the northern side of the graveyard enclosure. Also included in the scheduling are the remains of a burial ground, enclosed by a wall, which continued in use into the 18th century. Most of the gravestones are 18th-century but one bears the date 1665. The burial ground is that of the Carruthers family of Holmains. The whole site is fenced off. There is an interpretation board, erected and maintained by the Little Dalton Kirk Trust, on the WSW end of the enclosed area. The area proposed for scheduling is irregular on plan, to include the remains of the church, graveyard and enclosure and an

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.