Barnweill Church
Barnweill Church or Barnweil Church (NGR NS 40506 29903) is a ruined pre-reformation kirk situated on rising ground on the slopes of Barnweill Hill, Parish of Craigie, South Ayrshire, Scotland; about 3 km from Tarbolton. The church was known locally as the "Kirk in the Wood". It lies about 170m North North-East of Kirkhill Farm. Barnweill was central to the Protestant Reformation in Ayrshire through its association with John Knox. The spelling 'Barnweill' is used throughout for consistency.
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Barnweill Church
Barnweill Church or Barnweil Church (NGR NS 40506 29903) is a ruined pre-reformation kirk situated on rising ground on the slopes of Barnweill Hill, Parish of Craigie, South Ayrshire, Scotland; about 3 km from Tarbolton. The church was known locally as the "Kirk in the Wood". It lies about 170m North North-East of Kirkhill Farm. Barnweill was central to the Protestant Reformation in Ayrshire through its association with John Knox. The spelling 'Barnweill' is used throughout for consistency.
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Barnweill Parish Church
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Originally to the Holy Rood
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Significant links with John Knox
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'Kirk in the Wood'
functional status
Cemetery in use until 1963
landscape
Wooded hillside
materials
Dressed stone and rubble
minister
The Rev Robert Kincaid MA. Driven out 1689
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Barnweill until 1673, then Craigie
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Incumbent driven out in 1689
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Barnweill Church
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