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Parish church, in use, built 1793, and site of earlier church which was extant in 1226. The present church appears to be the third place of worship in the parish. The first, a medieval church also dedicated to St Michael is referred to in the records of Elgin Cathedral as 'Doleys Michael' Church in 1226. This church was repaired in 1580 but had fallen into ruin by 1627. A second church existed from 1627 to 1794. The foundations of the earliest church were once visible in the churchyard some yards east of present church. The present church is of simple rectangular plan built of harl pointed rubble, with tooled and polished ashlar dressings. The churchyard contains an early 19th century gabled watch-house, its end stack sealed and surmounted by a re-used carved stone lion from Dallas war memorial (NJ15SW0024), and a market cross (NJ15SW0002). A stone effigy of a saint is said to have stood in a niche beside the cross, now no trace. St. Michael's well may be the boggy area at the foot of an outcrop of rock at NJ 1227 5159. Within the churchyard are two First World War Commonwealth war graves, of Privates J. Allan and Alexander Roy, both of the Seaforth Highlanders. Monumental inscriptions within the churchyard were recorded by the Moray Burial Ground Research Group in 2006 and 2007.
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NJ15SW0004 - ST MICHAEL'S PARISH CHURCH, DALLAS