Crossmichael Parish Church, Round Tower And St Michael's Cross (original) (raw)

Burial Ground (18th Century), Church (18th Century), Churchyard (18th Century), Tower (16th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)

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Crossmichael Parish Church, Round Tower And St Michael's Cross, NX76NW 8, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto

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Crossmichael Parish Church, Round Tower And St Michael's Cross, NX76NW 8, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)

View of tower.

Detail of carved panel on William and Robert Gordons burial vault.

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Detail of carved panel on William and Robert Gordons burial vault.

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2/12/1988

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Detail of dated lintel.

Detail of blocked window in tower.

Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the SE.

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/8/2011

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Crossmichael Parish Church, Round Tower And St Michael's Cross, NX76NW 8, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Crossmichael Parish Church, Round Tower And St Michael's Cross, NX76NW 8, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

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View from NW.

View of burial vault and church from W.

General oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Village, taken from the NNW.

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General oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Village, taken from the NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

6/7/2010

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Crossmichael Parish Church, Round Tower And St Michael's Cross, NX76NW 8, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, Verso

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Crossmichael Parish Church, Round Tower And St Michael's Cross, NX76NW 8, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, Verso

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)

Detail of tower window.

Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the NE.

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/8/2011

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the SW.

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/8/2011

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Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Crossmichael Churchyard, Kirkcudbrightshire.

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Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Crossmichael Churchyard, Kirkcudbrightshire.

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Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland

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View from NE.

View of burial vault from SW.

View of burial vault from N.

Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the WSW.

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/8/2011

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the SSE.

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the SSE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/8/2011

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the N.

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Oblique aerial view of Crossmichael Parish Church, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/8/2011

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Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Crossmichael Churchyard, Kirkcudbrightshire.

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Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Crossmichael Churchyard, Kirkcudbrightshire.

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Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland

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View from SW.

View from SE.

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Archaeology Notes

NX76NW 8.00 72977 66985

(NX 7297 6698) Church (NAT)

OS 6" map (1958).

NX76NW 8.01 NX 72994 66978 Gordon Memorial Vault (in burial-ground)

On the south side of the modern church is a round tower with a pointed roof. The church hall is dated 1611, and a burial vault of the Gordons of Aird, in the church yard bears the date 1629.

RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911.

Crossmichael parish church was dedicated to St Michael and belonged to Sweetheart Abbey. Beside the church stood of old St Michael's Cross at which every year was held the Michaelmas Fair of Crossmichael. The fair has lasted on into modern times but the cross has long since gone. The church was rebuilt in 1751.

H Scott 1917.

Crossmichael Church is in normal use, and incorporates a round tower of earlier, PN, work. The barrel-vaulted burial vault, is intact but is now used as a tool-store.

No information was found concerning St Michael's Cross.

Visited by OS (WDJ), 13 August 1968.

References

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