Churchyard, Kilconquhar Parish Church, Main Street, Kilconquhar is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972.

Churchyard, Kilconquhar Parish Church, Main Street, Kilconquhar

WRENN ID
narrow-sill-onyx
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
OS grid reference
NO 485 020
Coordinates
56.20835, -2.83128
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The churchyard sits predominantly to the north and east of Kilconquhar Parish Church (listed separately). It contains several notable 18th-century monuments and headstones. The layout incorporates remnants of a late medieval aisle from an earlier parish church, which is now part of a later burial enclosure located to the east (listed separately). A 16th-century stone slab bearing an incised skull and crossbones is found to the south, alongside a rubble retaining wall. The entrance is marked by quatrefoil gatepiers. A rubble retaining wall runs along the north side, fronting Main Street. At the base of this wall is a cast-iron standpipe, manufactured by Glenfield and Kennedy Foundry, Kilmarnock, and patented in 1902.

This churchyard is part of an interesting group with Kilconquhar Parish Church (listed separately). The medieval remains and 18th-century headstones contribute to its appeal, situated on high ground to the east of the village, backing onto Kilconquhar Loch. The standpipe represents one of only three surviving examples of this type from the early 20th century, located along Kilconquhar Main Street. The churchyard is shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1852.

Local climate

Churchyard, Kilconquhar Parish Church, Main Street, Kilconquhar receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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