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7 August 2010 - KirkmadrineKirkmadrine is located 1½ miles southwest of Sandhead and is thought to represent one of the earliest Christian communities in Scotland |
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A 13th century a church had been built on this site, but this was ruined by the 18th century. Today, Kirkmadrine is the site of a 19th-century burial chapel with a porch containing Christian stones, collected from the churchyard, which date from the 5th century AD. |
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A view of the chapel showing the porch which is home for the old 5th century stones. |
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A few pictures of the old stones. |
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Looking out across the churchyard towards the sea and a distant Galloway coast. |
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I took this because I liked the pattern in the mowed field. |
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