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Old Dailly Church is a medieval parish church located in South Ayrshire, Scotland, with origins in the early medieval period. The church structure reflects ecclesiastical building practices of the medieval era, serving as a place of worship for the local community throughout the medieval and later periods. The site remains an important record of religious settlement and parochial organisation in the region, with its physical remains contributing to understanding of church architecture and religious life in medieval Ayrshire.
Old Dailly Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8138. View the official record →
Old Dailly Church is a medieval parish church located in South Ayrshire, Scotland, with origins in the early medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8138.
Old Dailly Church 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 SM8138.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camregan Castle (1.2 km), Cairnhill,palisaded enclosure and timber house 220m NNE of (1.4 km), Craighead Hill,dun 380m WNW of (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Old Dailly Church'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.
Old Dailly Church stands on Lanark Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.