Old St. Bride's Kirk © kim traynor cc-by-sa/2.0

NS8330 : Old St. Bride's Kirk

taken 6 years ago, near to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Great Britain

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Old St. Bride's Kirk

Originally the parish church of Douglasdale and the personal chapel of the Douglases of nearby Douglas Castle, the 14th-century kirk became a mausoleum of after it was rebuilt in the late 1300s by Archibald the Grim, son of Sir James Douglas, to house his father's remains, Over time it became the family mausoleum of the branch of the family known as the Black Douglases.

The choir, tower and roofless south aisle still stand but the nave of the original church no longer exists.

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Grid Square: NS8330, 118 images (more nearby )
Photographer: kim traynor (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Tuesday, 24 March, 2015 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 9 June, 2015
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Village, Rural settlement Religious sites
Subject Location: OSGB36: NS 8359 3095 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:33.4976N 3:50.8280W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NS 8359 3093
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)