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Saint Michaels and South Parish Churchyard

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St Michael’s is the oldest church in Dumfries. It is home to the united congregations of St. Michael’s and South and Townhead.
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About Saint Michaels and South Parish Churchyard

St Michael’s is the oldest church in Dumfries. It is home to the united congregations of St. Michael’s and South and Townhead, with a congregational roll of around 630. Though the earliest written records go back to the 12th century, it is believed that a Christian church has stood here for over 1300 years. Going back further there is evidence pointing to a sanctuary having been established by St. Ninian (circa 390A.D.) as a stopping place for pilgrims travelling to and from his Candida Casa at Whithorn
The churchyard contains the elaborate Burns’ Mausoleum, and many other noteworthy memorials, including a Covenanters memorial and a mass grave to those who died in a cholera epidemic. Asiatic Cholera claimed 420 lives in Dumfries in 1833 and the victims were buried under a mound in the churchyard.

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