Alternative Names Southwick Old Church And Churchyard
Site type BURIAL GROUND, CHURCH
Canmore ID 65400
Site Number NX95NW 3
NGR NX 90645 56945
Council DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Parish COLVEND AND SOUTHWICK
Former Region DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Former District STEWARTRY
Former County KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NX95NW 3 90645 56945

(NX 9064 5694) Southwick Church (NR) (Rems. of)
OS 6" map (1946)

For (successor and present) Parish Church (NX 92734 57373), see NX95NW 23.

The original church appears to have been dedicated to 'Our Lady of Southwick' in the 13th c., but the existing fragment has been much altered, if not rebuilt, in post-Reformation times.
The remains are oblong in plan, measuring 62'6" by 26'3" over walls from 3'3" to 4' thick and about 12' in height. There are rough openings in the north wall; and the east half of the south wall has been demolished.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911

The fragmentary remains of this church are generally as described above. There are modern breaks at the west end of each lateral wall.
Visited by OS (JTT) 10 August 1965.

Anthony, Sanderson, Housley, Downes and Robertson, I, D, R, J and J (2000) 'Eday burnt mounds, Orkney (Eday parish), archaeological works', Discovery Excav Scot, vol.1
Page(s): 63

Brooke, C J (2000) Safe sanctuaries: security and defence in Anglo-Scottish border churches 1290-1690, Edinburgh
Page(s): 324, 352 Held at RCAHMS F.5.31.BRO

Harper, M M (1876) Rambles in Galloway: topographical, historical, traditional and biographical, Edinburgh
Page(s): 304 Held at RCAHMS D.3.HAR