Churchyard And The Laird Of Lag's Tomb, Lagg's Tomb, Dunscore Old Church is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Churchyard.
Churchyard And The Laird Of Lag's Tomb, Lagg's Tomb, Dunscore Old Church
- WRENN ID
- crooked-cinder-bone
- 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
- Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- NX 926 832
- Coordinates
- 55.13187, -3.68509
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The churchyard at Dunscore Old Church features quadrangular walls made of rubble with ashlar coping. There is a stile and gates located on the west wall. Inside the churchyard, you will find many notable monuments from the 17th to the 19th century. Among these is the simple, rectangular-plan mausoleum for the Ferguson family of Isle, which was erected in 1770 and constructed from droved red ashlar with rusticated quoins. The tombs of the Griersons, who were the Lairds of Lag, are also present in the churchyard.
Local climate
Churchyard And The Laird Of Lag's Tomb, Lagg's Tomb, Dunscore Old Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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