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of St Michael's graveyard with monuments lining the high retaining
walls |
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photograph above was taken before 2004 when this statue to Jean
Armour, wife of Robert Burns, was erected. |
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| St. Michael's
Kirk and the graveyard surrounding it are located on a low hillock not far
from Dumfries Town Centre. Two of the main town through roads meet at
right angles beside the main gates to the church and
graveyard. A service road for an area of housing
runs along a third side. These roads have been cut
into the side of this hill, probably in the late 1800s, with the result that the
graveyard has high retaining walls on these three
sides. The top of the graveyard retaining wall supports some
very large grave monuments which are prominent in the
following photographic survey. |
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| Photo
left - 1900 |
Photo
right - 2000 |
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