Old Parish Churchyard, Rathen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 February 1982. Graveyard.
Old Parish Churchyard, Rathen
- WRENN ID
- graven-cellar-quill
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1982
- Type
- Graveyard
- OS grid reference
- NK 001 609
- Coordinates
- 57.63857, -1.99974
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Parish Churchyard in Rathen is a walled enclosure featuring red granite ashlar gatepiers that date back to the 18th century, topped with ball finials. The gravestones within the churchyard are from the 18th century and later, though they are not particularly noteworthy. Notably, the grandparents of the composer Edward Greig are buried here.
Local climate
Old Parish Churchyard, Rathen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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