The burial-ground is enclosed by traces of what may be an earlier perimeter comprising double banks and a ditch between, on the north and north-east, which converge on the east to form a single bank 5.5m thick and 1.2m high. Two ivy clad structures on the west side. The southernmost has a central door flanked by windows in its east elevation and has the appearance of a single storey dwelling of 18th century date. To the north is a small late 18th century walled family burial enclosure, one of whom was killed at the Battle of Bergen. St Columba's Well lies adjacent to the graveyard entrance, and is covered by a comparatively modern structure, bearing a Latin inscription.
Diocese of Galloway, deanery of Rhinns. A parsonage in the late 13th century, the church was later granted to the new Abbey. The church patronage was granted by Dervorgilla of Galloway to Sweetheart Abbey on its foundation in 1273. The church was granted to the uses of the abbey by Adam, Bishop of Galloway (1363-79), confirmed by Archibald, Earl of Galloway in 1401. A perpetual vicarage was thereafter erected, but in the 15th century the Abbey was taking some of these fruits, while in the 16th century both parsonage and vicarage appear to havebeen annexed, the cure being served by a vicar pensionary.
The remains of the former parish church, dedicated to St Columba. All that now remains of the building is a fragment of the S wall (up to 0.8m high) accompanied by a terrace (17.5m by 7.5m). It was repaired about the the beginning of the 18th century, but was pulled down in 1821 on the erection of the present parish church on a new site
