Barclay Vault

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The photograph on this page of Barclay Vault by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.

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Barclay Vault

Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 19 Apr 2014

The low fragment of masonry is one end of the barrel-vaulted Barclay Vault. This was the burial place of the Barclays of Johnston and Balmakewan. Like the Thornton Vault, it was entered directly from the old kirk.

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.780455
Longitude
-2.514655