Conservation of Historic Churchyards
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| Minnigaff Old Parish Church - Complete |
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| Wigtown Old Church - Complete |
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| Dalton Old Parish Church - Complete |
The Conservation of Historic Churchyards in Dumfries and Galloway is a recently completed Sulwath Connections Landscape
Partnership project led by Dumfries and Galloway Council and funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and Scottish Natural Heritage.
The project worked in partnership with Historic Scotland and Solway Heritage, to implement a programme of repair, consolidation
and interpretation of historic churchyards in the region.
A survey of Council churchyards undertaken in the late 1990s identified the most architecturally and archaeologically interesting
examples at Wigtown, Minnigaff, Dalton and Sark where local people were keen to see repair works carried out. The Conservation
of Historic Churchyards project has consolidated the ruins of these historic graveyards by repairing masonry on the existing
church structures and boundary walls. In addition to the work to the ruined churches a series of training days were
held to promote the use of traditional lime mortars to local building contractors and stone masons.
Panels have
been erected at four churchyards Wigtown, Minnigaff, Dalton and Hoddom.
A website has been developed to provide access to information about the historic churchyards in the region – see
this link www.historicchurchyards.co.uk.
