Churchyard, Rosyth Church is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 December 1971. Burial ground, boundary wall.

Churchyard, Rosyth Church

WRENN ID
waiting-newel-peregrine
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 December 1971
Type
Burial ground, boundary wall
OS grid reference
NT 085 828
Coordinates
56.02973, -3.46958
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The burial ground at Rosyth Church features gravestones dating back to the mid-17th century. Some of these gravestones are inscribed with phrases like '2 rooms' or '4 rooms', while others are decorated with skull and crossbones, cherubs, and trade symbols such as anchors and chisels. Notably, there is a large monument dedicated to Thomas Bruce, the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, who donated the burial ground to the parish, with dates of 1812 and 1827. The burial ground also serves as a private resting place for the Bruce family, located to the northeast and bordered to the southwest by a low, drystone wall with iron railings and a gate.

The boundary wall, constructed in 1825, is a square enclosure made of sandstone rubble with rough coping stones. It includes entrance gates at the southwest corner, featuring tall square-plan sandstone piers with pyramidal caps, and a double gate along with a single gate to the east, which are replacement timber gates. There are also stile steps in the south wall leading to the east.

Local climate

Churchyard, Rosyth Church receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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