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Penpont Churchyard

Church (19th Century)(Possible), Cross (Early Medieval), Gravestone (17th Century)

Site Name Penpont Churchyard

Classification Church (19th Century)(Possible), Cross (Early Medieval), Gravestone (17th Century)

Canmore ID 65335

Site Number NX89SW 6.01

NGR NX 84843 94456

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65335

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Penpont
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NX89SW 6 849 944.

NX89SW 6.01 849 944

NX89SW 6.00 84881 94471 Penpont Parish Church

Two 11th or early 12th century interlace stones, a headstone and part of a cross-shaft (see illus) found in Penpont churchyard, are in Dumfries Museum. The present church was rebuilt in 1867. It belonged of old to the monks of Holyrood, and Truckell says of the medieval church that its ruins remain in the churchyard.

G Chalmers 1890; A E Truckell 1955, 1963, 1966; W G Collingwood 1926

Activities

Field Visit (5 June 1975)

There are no remains to be seen of the former church. The stones are still in the museum

Visited by OS (JP) 5 June 1975.

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