Kirkoswald is a village on the road between Girvan and Maybole in
Carrick, containing an old church and churchyard. The church (Fig. 1559)
is a simple oblong measuring about 93 feet 6 inches in length by 28 feet
4 inches in width over the walls. It seems originally to have consisted
of plain walls without buttresses, but within modern times the
[Illustration: FIG. 1559.--Kirkoswald Church.]
structure has been converted into a mausoleum by building up all the
windows, and by adding buttresses along the south side. The pointed
blank windows and the large pointed doorway in the south wall are also
modern additions. The modern applied buttress at the south-west angle is
now falling away.
At first sight the building presents an ancient appearance, but closer
examination shows that it has been modernised beyond recognition.