Staff visited Kirkmadrine Church last night to see the 6th Century inscribed Christian stones, which were burial stones of priests and clergy. The stones have been returned to Kirkmadrine after extensive conservation and research work, along with new interpretation panels. It’s now thought Kirkmadrine is a lost monastic site, eclipsed by our own Whithorn from the 600’s onwards. Latest thinking regards the Latinus stone, dating from about 450AD, as a stone commemorating a high status lay person, rather than a monk or priest. More research at both sites and into the relations between the two is needed. Kirkmadrine is well …read more

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