Towie Parish Church And Churchyard is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Graveyard.
Towie Parish Church And Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- haunted-roof-amber
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Graveyard
- OS grid reference
- NJ 439 129
- Coordinates
- 57.20392, -2.92908
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Towie Parish Church and its churchyard feature tombstones primarily from the early 19th century, although there are a few slabs from the 18th century. The churchyard also includes an iron mortsafe and a built-up burial enclosure. The churchyard wall is made of rubble and is partly harled. Additionally, there is a medieval grave slab that displays a calvary cross and chalice.
Local climate
Towie Parish Church And Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 81 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 59 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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