Burial Ground, Kiltearn Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
Burial Ground, Kiltearn Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- scattered-jade-sable
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NH 616 652
- Coordinates
- 57.65543, -4.32005
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The burial ground surrounds the ruins of Kiltearn Parish Church. The church itself was substantially rebuilt between 1790 and 1791, forming a T-shaped plan. This construction incorporated some earlier stonework, including remnants of medieval detailing visible in the east gable. The church is oriented east to west, with a projecting wing on the south elevation. The exterior is built of harled rubble with ashlar margins, although much of the harling has been lost over time. The symmetrical north facade features two long, round-headed windows with keystones, now blocked at impost level. These are flanked by single ground floor and gallery windows. Round-headed windows with similar detailing are also present in the east and west gables. Doorways are situated in the outer bays of the south elevation. A double forestair (external staircase) leads to a first-floor doorway with moulded jambs, located in the centre of the south gable, which accesses the former Foulis aisle. A corniced chimney sits above this doorway. A bellcote (small bell tower) is positioned at the apex of the west gable.
Earlier angle buttresses are visible at the east gable, along with vestiges of the hoodmould of a formerly blocked Gothic window. The burial ground is enclosed by rubble walls. A pair of square gate piers mark the entrance. Within the burial ground is a burial enclosure belonging to the Munros of Foulis, dating from 1588, along with numerous 17th, 18th, and 19th century tombs.
Local climate
Burial Ground, Kiltearn Parish Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 46 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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