Auld Kirk Alloway
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Auld Kirk Alloway
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 18 Mar 2009
The old parish church of Alloway was built in the 16th century and was used regularly till 1691, and occasionally until the 1730s. From 1740 to at least 1752 it was used as a school building but then became ruinous. Robert Burns knew it in this condition, commemorating it in 1790 in his famous poem “Tam o’ Shanter”. In 1786, Ayr Council had the kirk building re-roofed to be a school again for several years. The graveyard remained in use till the 20th century. (Source: Monumental Inscriptions of Carrick, Ayrshire)
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Image Location
Latitude
55.4281
Longitude
-4.639213