Churchyard, Auchtertool Parish Church is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 March 2000. Graveyard.

Churchyard, Auchtertool Parish Church

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 March 2000
Type
Graveyard
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

17th century and later. Rubble walls enclosing church and graveyard. Variety of styles including some 17th century table stones with moulded legs; finest (table only) commemorates David Martin, minister of Auchtertool 1636, relief carving of figure dressed in knee-breeches and gown, with feet on skull. Oldest stone (severely eroded) dated 1604, to James Burnlie, some evidence of his and his wife's crest (see Notes). Emblems on moulded apex stones include spade and shovel flanking vertical hour glass with 'IHGA' and '1788' to obverse. 19th century stones include a small cast obelisk with ropework moulding erected in 1869 by 'JAS DEWAR', and stamped 'Inverkeithing Brickwork'.

BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS AND GATES: low rubble boundary walls with ball-finialled, square-section ashlar gatepiers and decorative cast-iron gates. Smaller ball-finialled piers flank hooped iron pedestrian gate to S.

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