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The Project
This Project has been established to record and re-evaluate early christianity within the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. The project aims to provide an record of the upstanding remains of all pre 1800 unroofed churches through standing building surveys, photographic surveys and the gathering of historical information from available sources. Since 2003 work has been carried out on the remains of Buittle Old Kirk, Kirkcormack, Southwick Old Kirk and Tongland Abbey.
The first Interim Report coving these four sites is now available, and is available from Barry Smarts' Newsagents in Castle Douglas for £3.00, or direct from the project via the contacts page for £3.50 including postage and packaging. This web site aims to provide a full record of each church site, mainly through the photographic record and short notes on each site. Selected digitised drawings of each site will also be published on the web site.
Update: We are currently testing Google Maps to show the location of each site. The buttons at the top left of each map allow to to choose between normal maps and Google's satellite images.
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Wild Men, Holy Places
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Wild Men, Holy Places
Thursdays from 2nd July 2009 for 8 Weeks
9am-4.30pm
The University of the West of Scotland are planning to run a new module from Chrichton Campus allowing students to discover the rich history of Christianity in Dumfries & Galloway. The course will look at the arrival of Christianity in the region through to modern times.
Building on the work of the late Daphne Brooke the lectures will be centered on the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and the monastic sites of Whithorn and Lincluden, with students gaining valuable skills in researching the heritage of the region along with basic skills in recording upstanding remains of the existing ecclesiastical buildings.
The module will cost £100 and will include 3 field trips (one day trip to Whithorn and surrounding area, and 2 afternooon trips to local sites.) Application forms are available from the University website:
http://www.uws.ac.uk/schoolsdepts/lifelonglearning/part-time/application-forms.asp
The Course will be led by Stephen Clancy who has been involved in researching the origins of the parish churches of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright for the past 6 years.
Further details can be obtained from Stephen by email stephen.clancy@uws.ac.uk
Posted by:
Stephen Clancy
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Saturday 18 April 2009 - 22:30:48
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