Churchyard, Forgue Church, Forgue is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984.
Churchyard, Forgue Church, Forgue
- WRENN ID
- bitter-ashlar-dale
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 September 1984
- OS grid reference
- NJ 610 450
- Coordinates
- 57.49419, -2.65077
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The churchyard surrounding Forgue Church contains a noteworthy collection of 18th and 19th century monuments. These include two particularly similar tabletombs, one commemorating Shand (dated 1741) and the other Thomson (dated 1767). A sundial with baluster detailing is dated 1801. A burial enclosure featuring sculpted details is recorded as dating from 1674 or 1675.
Local climate
Churchyard, Forgue Church, Forgue receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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