Plague Gravestones, Bogwell Lane is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 March 2006. Gravestones.

Plague Gravestones, Bogwell Lane

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 March 2006
Type
Gravestones
OS grid reference
NO 874 855
Coordinates
56.96073, -2.2085
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a pair of 17th century inscribed gravestones set into a later cement-faced rubble wall on Bogwell Lane. The stone on the north side is dated 1608 and features a death's head and a shield with the 'MT' monogram. It reads, "Heir lyes ane honest man, Magnvs Tailiovr, seyman, qvha depairtit in November, (in the time of) pest 1608." The stone on the south side is dated 1648 and states, "Heir lyes ane Honest mans bairns Alexander and William Brokie, sones lawful to Alexander Brokie, who departet the 12 of Jwnie, of the age of tvalf and nyn yeirs old, in ano 1648."

Local climate

Plague Gravestones, Bogwell Lane receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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