Burial Ground, Knockando Parish Church, Upper Knockando

The burial ground serves Knockando Parish Church, with its origins in 1757, built on the site of an earlier church. It was repaired in 1832, and further additions and remodelling were carried out between 1904 and 1906 by William Robertson of Elgin and John Robertson of Inverness. The church itself is harled, with tooled ashlar margins and dressings.

Originally a simple rectangular building with long north and south elevations, it was extended in 1904-6 with a four-bay aisle at the south. A pointed-headed entrance is located at the southwest in a gabled bay. A two-stage drum tower rises in the re-entrant angle, featuring a belfry in the louvred upper stage, topped with a conical slate roof. The south elevation displays three cusped two-light windows in the centre, and a further, large traceried window breaking the wallhead in the gabled end bay. Similar two-light fenestration is present along the four-bay north elevation. An apse is located at the east gable, with a pointed-headed entrance in the east return gable of the south aisle. A small, single-story bowed vestry projects to the west. The church is topped with apex crosses and has slate roofs.

The interior has been remodelled with Gothic detailing. The east apse houses the organ, and features a richly carved communion table and pulpit, complete with bas-relief panels. The pulpit has a cluster pedestal and Gothic detailing to the handrail. The south aisle accommodates a wide gallery, and a further gallery is situated at the west. Both galleries have cusped, panelled fronts, and the church contains pine pews. The roof is braced with rafters. A single stained glass window, by Douglas Strachan, is located in the north wall bay, dating from circa 1917.

A small, rectangular watch house, dating from the early 19th century, is constructed of harl and pointed rubble, with a doorway in the gable and a single window. It has a local slate roof.

The surrounding burial ground is large and irregular, enclosed by a rubble wall with a tooled cope, constructed in 1822. A pair of carriage entrances are located at the east, each featuring bullfaced rubble gatepiers and a pair of spearhead cast-iron gates. The majority of the tombstones date from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The church remains an ecclesiastical building in use as such. Symbol stones set against the east wall of the burial ground are designated Scheduled Monuments. The church was enlarged between 1904 and 1905 at a cost of approximately £1,000, with a donation of £500 provided by Lord Mount Stephen and Strathcona, formerly Donald A Smith of Dufftown, whose parents lived in Archiestown between 1841 and circa 1860. The Douglas Strachan window commemorates Lieutenant L R Cumming, killed in action in 1914. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, number 1225.