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Alloway Kirk is a medieval parish church located in Ayrshire, Scotland, dating from the twelfth century or later. The surviving structure comprises the ruins of a simple rectangular stone building, with evidence of the original windows and doorways still visible in the walls. The church is situated in the churchyard at Alloway, which contains burials extending back several centuries and demonstrates the site's long continuity as a place of Christian worship and burial. The kirk achieved particular cultural significance through its association with Robert Burns, the eighteenth-century Scottish poet, who set his narrative poem Tam o' Shanter in the surrounding landscape and made reference to the church within the work.
Alloway Kirk is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM308. View the official record →
Alloway Kirk is a medieval parish church located in Ayrshire, Scotland, dating from the twelfth century or later. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM308.
Alloway Kirk is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM308.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brigend Castle (0.4 km), Alloway,motte (0.7 km), Wallace's Stone,cross-incised stone (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Alloway Kirk's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Alloway Kirk stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.