Churchyard, Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Burial ground.
Churchyard, Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist
- WRENN ID
- crooked-minaret-rush
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Burial ground
- OS grid reference
- NF 708 705
- Coordinates
- 57.60464, -7.51343
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Kilmuir Old Church burial enclosure, located in Hougharry, North Uist, is a quadrangular structure surrounding a hillock, which has been extended to the west and south. The original enclosure features walls built of rubble and corniced square gatepiers at the west end, flanked by rectangular burial plots. The southern plot is constructed of coursed, squared rubble, while the other enclosures are also made of rubble with squared dressings. This site includes the burial place of John MacCodrum, a Gaelic poet, marked by a monument from around 1894, and a Clanranald enclosure near the summit that dates back to 1768. The site contains some unworked headstones, with carved monuments primarily from the 18th to 20th centuries, as well as a free-standing cross that has a central boss but damaged arms.
Local climate
Churchyard, Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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