Auld Aisle Cemetery

The Auld Aisle Cemetery, also Auld Isle Cemetery or Old Isle Cemetery is a cemetery in the Scottish town of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. It is located in the south of the city on the Road Hole. 1971 Auld Aisle Cemetery was inducted into the Scottish lists of monuments in the highest category A.

History

The Auld Aisle Cemetery is probably one of the oldest surviving cemeteries in Scotland. He was formerly part of the parish church of St Ninian's, which replaced the Dating back to the 12th century chapel of St. Mary in the north Kirkintillochs. You probably lost the mid-17th century after the completion of the new St. Mary's Church in importance and was finally abandoned. Probably around 1800, the cemetery was a guardhouse and an archway which spans the entrance gate. While the ruins of the old church in the cemetery be mentioned in a report dating back to 1859, are no longer remains are available and the exact location of the church is unknown. Maybe when building the stones of the old church were used. In 1863 the old enclosed by a stone wall cemetery, added a new section to the west.

Description

The enclosing wall is made of quarry stone. Is the old entrance gate, which spans an archway on the eastern flank. It consists of ashlar and closes with a small open bell tower of sandstone with a pyramidal roof off. Below that is a guard-room, whose windows are blind today. The room can be reached by a staircase on the north side. The single-storey guardhouse has a T-shaped floor plan. It consists of rubble stone and provided with two circumferential ribbons. The covered entrance area is located in a building angle. The building is listed in the Register for endangered, listed buildings in Scotland. His condition is, however, classified as poor with little risk to deterioration. On the new part of the cemetery several elaborate monuments are to be found.