DescriptionKirkurd, Kirkurd Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 1001592.jpg
English: Kirkurd: Kirkurd Parish Church Now used as a store, Kirkurd Parish Church was built in 1766. The stone building at the gate to the kirkyard is a watchhouse. Built in 1828 it provided shelter for the men watching over the newly buried dead so as to prevent them being stolen and sold to the Anatomy Schools in Edinburgh.
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