Old Parish Church, Morton is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Burial enclosure.
Old Parish Church, Morton
- WRENN ID
- little-chamber-auburn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Burial enclosure
- OS grid reference
- NY 332 750
- Coordinates
- 55.06525, -3.04708
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Parish Church in Morton features a quadrangular burial enclosure situated at the top of a steep slope above the eastern bank of the River Sark. This enclosure is surrounded on three sides by walls made of rubble, topped with flat ashlar coping, and includes a gate on the northern side, along with an iron fence above the bank. The site contains headstones from the 17th to 19th centuries, many of which are intricately carved with classical ornamentation. It is also the burial place of Kinmont Willie, known as Willie Armstrong, a famous border reiver.
Local climate
Old Parish Church, Morton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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