Craignish Old Parish Church And Tombstones'), Craignish Including Boundary Wall (Excluding Scheduled Monument No 285 'Kirkton, Kirkton Chapel Graveyard is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Graveyard.

Craignish Old Parish Church And Tombstones'), Craignish Including Boundary Wall (Excluding Scheduled Monument No 285 'Kirkton, Kirkton Chapel Graveyard

WRENN ID
young-rafter-primrose
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Type
Graveyard
OS grid reference
NM 778 014
Coordinates
56.15402, -5.57915
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Craignish Old Parish Church and its surrounding burial ground feature a rectangular plan and were repaired in the 1800s. The site includes a re-entrant angle at the southwest corner and showcases a variety of predominantly 19th century memorials and grave markers, including cross stones and enclosures. The boundary is defined by a rubble wall topped with rubble coping stones. Additionally, there are square-plan gatepiers with pyramidal caps located at the northwest wall.

Local climate

Craignish Old Parish Church And Tombstones'), Craignish Including Boundary Wall (Excluding Scheduled Monument No 285 'Kirkton, Kirkton Chapel Graveyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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 0.2°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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