Latitude: 55.0652 / 55°3'54"N
Longitude: -3.6058 / 3°36'20"W
OS Eastings: 297545
OS Northings: 575699
OS Grid: NX975756
Mapcode National: GBR 398W.42
Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.LY5C
Plus Code: 9C7R398V+3M
Entry Name: Main Gate, St Michael's Churchyard, St Michael Street, Dumfries
Listing Name: St Michael's Churchyard and Main Gate and Holy Cross Churchyard
Listing Date: 11 July 1961
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 362945
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26336
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Dumfries, St Michael Street, St Michael's Churchyard, Main Gate
ID on this website: 200362945
Location: Dumfries
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Town: Dumfries
Electoral Ward: Nith
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Irregular-plan enclosure containing church, Burns' mausoleum
and major series of fine monuments, mostly 18th and 19th
century. Gate at NW, tall pilastered and urn-finialled
painted ashlar piers perhaps mid 18th century and with watch
houses contained within; wrought-iron gates and over-throw.
Rubble-built enclosure walls. Very grand vigorous baroque
Sharp of Hoddom monument circa 1710 (restored 1894); martyr's
slabs and 1834 granite obelisk monument inscribed "A Newall".
Many tall upright slabs; Hood family monuments by Walter
Newall. Cholera epidemic enclosure. Holy Cross churchyard
and chapel.
Sharp of Hoddom monument compares with the Smith's monument for
the 3rd Duke of Hamilton, 1696 (see also Christie's sale
Catalogue 13-14th Dec 1984, lot 255). Loudon drew attention
to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dumfries as important examples of
cemeteries with fine upright monuments. He also advertised
the qualities of locally made monuments together with freight
charges for their transportation.
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