Burial-Ground, St Fergus's Church, Glamis is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 September 1998. Graveyard.

Burial-Ground, St Fergus's Church, Glamis

WRENN ID
odd-granite-thistle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 September 1998
Type
Graveyard
OS grid reference
NO 386 468
Coordinates
56.60945, -3.00131
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The burial ground at St Fergus's Church in Glamis dates from the 18th century and later. It features semicircular-coped squared and snecked rubble walls that enclose both the church and the graveyard. At the northwest and southwest corners, near the Session House, there are carved stones depicting skull and crossbones set into the wall.

The north gatepiers and gates consist of channelled and rusticated ashlar square-section gatepiers topped with a deep cornice and carved orb finials on swept plinths. The decorative wrought-iron gates include an overthrow archway adorned with a Star-of-David surmounted by a cross.

The east gatepiers and gate mirror the design of the north gate, featuring similar gatepiers and a decorative wrought-iron gate for pedestrian access.

Within the burial ground, there are some notable gravestones, including finely moulded apex style stones that display various carvings of death emblems and family crests, although many inscriptions are badly eroded. Additionally, there are table stones featuring classical and gothic details.

Local climate

Burial-Ground, St Fergus's Church, Glamis sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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