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Carruthers Old Churchyard (Crowdieknow)

A Category B Listed Building in Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.1105 / 55°6'37"N

Longitude: -3.1653 / 3°9'55"W

OS Eastings: 325759

OS Northings: 580190

OS Grid: NY257801

Mapcode National: GBR 69BB.JT

Mapcode Global: WH6XP.BTY2

Plus Code: 9C7R4R6M+6V

Entry Name: Carruthers Old Churchyard (Crowdieknow)

Listing Name: Carruthers Old Churchyard (Crowdieknowe)

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350816

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16980

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Carruthers, Old Parish Church

ID on this website: 200350816

Location: Middlebie

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale

Parish: Middlebie

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

Tagged with: Church building Churchyard

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Description

Quadrangular burial ground containing 17th-20th century stone
monuments, some elaborately carved; also site of Carruthers
Church; enclosure extended to W circa 1910. All walls built
of coursed rubble; stile and plain iron gate on W wall; S
gatepier is a re-used ornamented medieval, slab damaged by
bolt-holes and upper part cut to wall height.

Statement of Interest

RCAHM, INVENTORY, 1920 notes 3 early stones.

Commemorated in Hugh MacDiarmid's "Crowdieknowe".

Carruthers parish united with Middlebie 1609.

Conditions of burial ground extension in SRO HR 421/4 (dated

12.4.1910).

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