2012
NS4673 : Entrance to Old Kilpatrick Cemetery
taken 13 years ago, near to Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Entrance to Old Kilpatrick Cemetery
The picture was taken from what is presently the north-western part of the NS4673 : Kirkyard of Old Kilpatrick Parish Church. See NS4673 : Old Kilpatrick Parish Church for the main description.
The kirkyard was originally smaller. It was rectangular in shape; the original northern wall is the one that can be seen behind the NS4673 : Burial place of Buchanan of Auchentorlie, and the original western wall is the one into which the NS4673 : Memorial to John Clark is built. The continuations of those walls intersect at about NS46317312, which was the original north-western corner of the kirkyard.
However, demand for lairs increased, and additional ground was purchased from Lord Blantyre. This allowed for the extension of the kirkyard in 1878. The additional ground, which lies to the north and the north-west of the church, includes this area on the near side of the entrance; that is why the date 1878 is inscribed above it.
The date 1909 is written above the opposite side of the entrance, where Old Kilpatrick Cemetery is located: NS4673 : Old Kilpatrick Cemetery.
The kirkyard was originally smaller. It was rectangular in shape; the original northern wall is the one that can be seen behind the NS4673 : Burial place of Buchanan of Auchentorlie, and the original western wall is the one into which the NS4673 : Memorial to John Clark is built. The continuations of those walls intersect at about NS46317312, which was the original north-western corner of the kirkyard.
However, demand for lairs increased, and additional ground was purchased from Lord Blantyre. This allowed for the extension of the kirkyard in 1878. The additional ground, which lies to the north and the north-west of the church, includes this area on the near side of the entrance; that is why the date 1878 is inscribed above it.
The date 1909 is written above the opposite side of the entrance, where Old Kilpatrick Cemetery is located: NS4673 : Old Kilpatrick Cemetery.
Old Kilpatrick Parish Church
The church was built in 1812 on more or less the same spot as its predecessor (the latter was a pre-Reformation church; it was of great age, although the precise period in which it was built is unknown).
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- Grid Square
- NS4673, 119 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 26 May, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 9 June, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 4632 7314 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:55.6021N 4:27.6734W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NS 4632 7313
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
