Whithorn Priory and Whithorn Parish Church are surrounded by a cemetery in which there are some Commonwealth War Graves.

Staff Serjt W B Arnott, Royal Army Medical Corps, 15/12/1915, aged 32:-

Private J Irvine MM, Labour Corps, 19/2/1920, aged 34:-

Private P Whalley, The King’s Liverpool Regt, 19/10/1918:-

Thomas Drape Clark killed in action near Arras, France, 23/4/1917, aged 36:-

John Norman Brown, 2nd Lieut, Border Regt, lost at sea in the Great War:-

Whithorn Priory was a mediæval Priory in Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway. The area was once the cradle of Christianity in Scotland but the building is now a ruin.

The bringer of Christianity, St Ninian, died in Whithorn and is thought to have been buried here, the Priory growing up around his shrine.

Remains of Priory from access lane:-

Information board:-

Interior:-

Carved stone in grounds:-

Doorway:-

Detail:-

Exterior ruins:-