St Bryde's Kirk, church 95m W of Brydekirk Mains

Heritage listing

Date Added 22/01/2008 Type Ecclesiastical: church; enclosure Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish Annan NGR NY 18534 71108 Coordinates 318534, 571108 — The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed later medieval church used between the 12th and 16th centuries and dedicated to St Brigid. It survives as the partially exposed foundations, flooring and walling of the church, and surrounding oval-shaped enclosure and retaining wall. Part of the monument remains were exposed during modern, limited archaeological excavation. The church is located on low-lying ground within a small, mature copse at around 20m above sea level and next to a brook which feeds the River Annan 200m to the east. The site is four kilometres to the north of the town of Annan. The church is a rectangular-shaped building aligned E-W and measuring approximately 11.5m by 6m internally. Excavation of the site has revealed earlier activity here including a similarly sized building (earlier than the chapel and aligned on a slightly different orientation) and the remains of possible industrial activity indicated by an area of heat-treated or burnt soil and finds such as a whetstone. An altar base was discovered at the middle of the E wall. The site sits on a low platform that is enclosed by a substantial sub-circular wall. Such enclosures usually define burial grounds, but there are no visible burial markers and part of the site that was excavated in the early 1980s did not produce evidence for any burials. The area to be scheduled is a clipped circle on plan, to include the remains described and an area around within which evidence relating to their construction and use may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. It specifically excludes the above-ground elements of the surrounding mode

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.