Girthon Old Parish Church
Girthon Old Parish Church is a ruined ecclesiastical building in Girthon, near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway. Built around 1620 on the foundations of a mediaeval church, and incorporating some of the fabric of the older building in its eastern and southern walls, it served as the parish church for Girthon until 1818 when a new church was built for the parish in Gatehouse of Fleet, after which it was abandoned and allowed to fall into disrepair. The church itself has been designated a scheduled monument, and the churchyard a Category A listed building. History Girthon Old Parish Church was most probably built around 1620, on the foundations of an older mediaeval church, and it retains some of the fabric of the original building in the gable of its east end, and in some of the stonework in the south wall. It remained in use as the parish church for Girthon until a new church for the parish (which is still in use ) was built in Gatehouse of Fleet in 1818, after which it was allowed to fall into disrepair. The church and its churchyard were designated a Category A listed building in 1971. In 1999, the