Burial Ground, Raith Park, Raith House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1998. Secular burial ground.
Burial Ground, Raith Park, Raith House
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-latch-wax
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1998
- Type
- Secular burial ground
- OS grid reference
- NT 263 915
- Coordinates
- 56.11108, -3.18543
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The burial ground at Raith Park features an altar-tomb made of ashlar stone, dating from 1868. It stands on a granite base and has a two-stage moulded plinth. The top stage of the tomb includes quatrefoil panels, with at least one panel showcasing a carved bird. There is a corniced cope stone, which is currently on the ground nearby, that has incised lettering along its chamfered margins.
Local climate
Burial Ground, Raith Park, Raith House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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