St Connel's Church and graveyard

Heritage listing

Date Added 23/11/2021 Supplementary Information Updated 06/06/2025 Type Crosses and carved stones: cross (free-standing); cross slab; sculptured stone (not ascribed to a more specific type), Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Planning Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish Kirkconnel NGR NS 72350 15010 Coordinates 272350, 615010 — The monument comprises the remains of the medieval parish church of St Connel, graveyard and associated collection of carved stones. The church is visible as turf-covered low walls and the carved stones are within a modern shelter located within the graveyard. The site is situated northwest of Kirkconnel, around 245m above sea level at the foot of the southern slopes of Kirkland Hill. The church is rectangular on plan, aligned east-west and measures around 19.8m by 5.4m with walls of roughly dressed masonry around 1m thick and up to 1.3m high internally. An entrance is on the south side, around 4m from the west gable, with steps leading down into the interior. Internally, two steps distinguish the chancel from the nave. The fabric of the church suggests that the building dates to the 12th or 13th centuries. The sub-square walled graveyard measures up to 50m by 50m and the walls are drystone construction. Early Medieval carved stones and architectural mouldings have been found within and around the church and within the graveyard walls, some dating to the 9th century. Most of the recorded carved stones are now housed in a modern display shelter within the graveyard. The scheduled area is irregular. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument s construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.