Inside the church stands a 4-foot-high cross-slab dating from the 10th century AD. On the stone is carved a Celtic style disc-headed cross. The stone slab had apparently stood at the western side of the church for some time before being brought into the church for safety. Parish There are two different Timothy Pont maps showing the Kirkinner area in Wigtownshire. Kirkinner parish can be seen at the National Library of Scotland, John Ainslie map of AD 1782. The parish was sometimes known as Kirkinner and Longcastle parish, the parish of Longcastle having been annexed into Kirkinner in 1650. It was a parish for both civil and religious purposes from the sixteenth century until 1975. 19th and 20th centuries Castelcruick was located at or near Crook of Baldoon, at the end of Shell Road on the opposite side of Lane Burn to Baldoon Castle. Crook of Baldoon has been referred to simply as Crook (1851 census), Cruick (1841 census), Cruik, Creoch, Creochs, Crioch, and Friar's Cruik. According to Around the Parish of Kirkinner, it was part of the Baldoon estate in the 19th century. The flat carse lands by Bladnoch River were home to a Royal Air Force field of World War II. Lane Burn seems to have been diverted for the Baldoon Airfield, based on comparison of the 1895 and current OS maps. Kirkinner railway station was located on the Newton Stewart to Whithorn branchline. The station opened on 2 August 1875, closed to passengers on 25 September 1950 and to freight on 5 October 1964. See also List of listed buildings in Kirkinner, Dumfries and Galloway Gallery References Hill forts in Scotland Villages in Dumfries and Galloway Parishes in Dumfries and Galloway