Behind the Old West Kirk
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Behind the Old West Kirk by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.
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Behind the Old West Kirk
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 4 Jul 2011
Image itself is in the background, on the right. In the foreground, on the right, are various recumbent slabs; to their right is the Pirrie Hall, only a small part of which is visible. The wall at the left-hand side of the photograph incorporates a number of old gravestones; the oldest of them, Image and the Image, date from 1675. The wall also incorporates an Image dated 1625. The Old West Kirk was moved, brick-by-brick, to its present location in 1926-28. Some of the memorials beside the church were moved along with it, and many of them are visible in this photograph. However, many others were moved to a new location, in a plot within Greenock Cemetery: Image Behind and to the left of the tree that is near the centre of the photo, a white panel can be seen on the church wall. To its left is a dark panel, although, from this angle, it is largely hidden by a bush. The latter is Image, a brewer.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.956058
Longitude
-4.767655