Christie Burial Enclosure, Scoonie Old Parish Church, Scoonie Brae, Leven

CHRISTIE BURIAL ENCLOSURE: probably 16th century. Session house of Old Scoonie Kirk converted to burial enclosure (roofless) after 1775. Large ashlar blocks and ashlar quoins. Keystoned segmental-headed openings with heavily dresses voussoirs to inside. Broad entrance arch to W, and unglazed window to S. Christie family memorials and headstones to inner elevations.

GRAVEYARD: 17th, 18th and 19th century headstones to W surrounding Christie burial enclosure, mainly of badly weathered local sandstone. Predominantly simple moulded apex style, with simple classical and obelisk 18th and 19th century monuments. Commemorative stones include fine 'coped stone' of 1641 carved with skulls flanking hourglass, narrow skeleton to raised central panel and Latin inscriptions to sloping sides; 1824 memorial to David Thomson 'Ship Master Dubby-side' with ship's anchor; 1836 stone with finr sailing ship to obverse, erected by James Gourlay Shipmaster, Leven in memory of his daughter Mary, and son Thomas Gourlay of Banbeath; and tablestone on moulded pedestals.

BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS AND GATES: extensive coped rubble boundary, terrace walls and low saddleback-coped walls with inset railings. Main entrance with quadrant walls and 3 square-section ashlar gatepiers each with base course, cavetto cornice, pyramidal-cope and large ball finial. Decorative ironwork gates to vehicular and pedestrian openings.