Kirkconnel (Gaelic: Cille Chonbhaill) is a small parish in Dumfries and Galloway, southwestern Scotland.

The early church and settlement were situated at the foot of Kirkland Hill on the drove road from Ayrshire to Lanarkshire, which followed the steep incline beside the Glenaylmer Burn.

A Celtic cross, erected in 1880 by the Duke of Buccleuch at the instigation of the Church of Scotland minister, the Rev.

From the neighbourhood of the cross, on a clear day, can be seen the churches at Kirkconnel, Sanquhar and Kirkbride, all associated with Saint Conal.

Life changed dramatically for this small town in the 1890s when a coal pit was opened at Fauldheld.