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Kirkmaiden-in-Furness Church and the Maxwell Aisle, Galloway

Kirkmaiden-in-Furness Church dates from the Dark Ages and was probably rebuilt in Norman times as a parish church before being abandoned and the chancel rebuilt as the Maxwell Aisle for the Laird of Monreith, the Maxwells in Victorian times. In 1682 they had purchased the estate from the McCullochs of Myrton. Several legends are attached to the church and its name. Furness is Norse for a 'headland' now known as 'The Lag'. One Monreith laird was Sir Herbert Maxwell, the author, archaeologist, historian and horticulturarist. Gavin Maxwell of 'Ring of Bright Water' fame was a member of the family and a memorial sits on Graigengour Hill. The privateer Thomas Thurot was killed in an action with the Royal Navy near the Mull of Galloway in 1760 and after a burial at sea his body washed up in Monreith Bay. The laird had the body buried in the family churchyard and acted as the chief mourner. The exact location of the burial is no longer known, however a commemorative plaque has been attached to the old nave wall.