St Mungo's Church, church and graveyard

Heritage listing

Date Added 07/02/2008 Type Crosses and carved stones: tombstone, Ecclesiastical: burial avile/vault; burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish St Mungo NGR NY 12696 75681 Coordinates 312696, 575681 — The monument comprises the remains of a medieval and later church and graveyard, the former parish church of St Mungo. It survives as a ruined building with associated memorials and gravemarkers within a stone boundary wall. The church is located on a knoll on the N bank of the River Annan at approximately 45m above sea level, north-west of the town of Annan and within 10km of the Solway Firth. The church was first recorded in around 1120 as 'Abermelc', one of the possessions of the see of Glasgow, while in 1170 the church of 'Casthelmilc' was confirmed to the bishop of Glasgow. Only the chancel (E gable), S wall and part of the N of the church are upstanding, in places almost to wallhead height. Although the church was redeveloped in the 1740s and 1750s, a lower string course survives along the E gable and this is likely to represent the surviving medieval remains of the building, as are portions of the N and S walls. The medieval core of the building probably survived in 1834, when the building was described as cruciform on plan, with very narrow lancet windows and a chancel door. The graveyard contains a variety of in-situ gravemarkers, relocated markers and non-earthfast carved stone fragments. This includes several headstones dating to the early 18th century with heraldic carving and emblems signifying death. One particular (non-earthfast) carved graveslab survives as the remains of a long-shaft cross with calvary base and raised borders. This is similar to examples elsewhere in SW Scotland dating between the 10th and 12th

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.