Keil Church Burial Ground is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Burial ground. 1 related planning application.

Keil Church Burial Ground

WRENN ID
nether-stone-violet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Burial ground
OS grid reference
NM 670 451
Coordinates
56.5404, -5.7907
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Keil Church Burial Ground is a substantial burial ground surrounded by a drystone wall. It contains various 18th century tombstones, including some dedicated to the Camerons of Locheil. Additionally, there is a 19th century burial enclosure for the MacLeod family, which includes Norman and John MacLeod, who were father and son and served as Ministers of Morvern during the 19th century.

Local climate

Keil Church Burial Ground sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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