Kells Churchyard is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971.

Kells Churchyard

WRENN ID
iron-slate-yarrow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1971
OS grid reference
NX 632 783
Coordinates
55.08058, -4.14386
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a rubble-walled churchyard, closely associated with Kells Parish Church. The majority of the gravestones date from the earlier 18th century and are of good quality, demonstrating considerable sculptural detail. Several are recorded in the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) inventory. These include two dated 1706 and 1707, which feature representations of the Temptation of Adam and Eve. A stone commemorating John Murray, dated 1777, includes a more anecdotal pictorial element depicting a gun, a powder-flask, a grouse, a hunting dog, and a fishing rod, all representing the deceased man’s lifestyle, situated below an epitaph.

Local climate

Kells Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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