St Michael's Graveyard, Cambusnethan

The site comprises St Michael's Graveyard, which occupies a medieval location that was originally the site of Cambusnethan Parish Church and its churchyard, in use until around 1650. The graveyard has been levelled and raised, with a rectangular layout and a collapsed rubble boundary wall. An entrance is located on the north wall.

Within the graveyard are three adjoining rectangular burial enclosures arranged in an L-shape, constructed between the mid-18th century and the mid-19th century. These incorporate stonework from the earlier medieval church of Cambusnethan. The mausolea are now ruinous and roofless.

The south enclosure, dating from the mid-18th century, is a single-storey, three-bay, rectangular-plan structure of classical design, known as the Coltness mausoleum. It is constructed from diagonally droved yellow sandstone ashlar. The principal south elevation features a lugged, architraved, and corniced doorway in the centre, flanked by blind windows. Above the doorway is a rope-moulded panel inscribed 'Coltness', flanked by blind attic windows. The gable is ruinous, and the returns are blank.

The north enclosure, probably dating from the mid-19th century, is a single-storey, three-bay, rectangular-plan structure known as the Lockhart Mausoleum, constructed from yellow sandstone ashlar with a droved finish. The principal east elevation features a wide central opening flanked by blind windows, with blank returns above the wallhead.

The west enclosure is rectangular in plan and is now ruinous, with only the base course remaining.

The graveyard represents the remains of the original Cambusnethan Parish Church, purportedly founded by St Nethan in the 8th century and later named St Michael’s. The church was relocated to the village before the Reformation. It is situated near the site of the original Cambusnethan House, which belonged to the Baird family during the Medieval period and later passed to the Stevensons (Lockhart of Castlehill) in the 17th century. The mausolea built after the move to the village reflect the breakdown of the original Baird estate into multiple landholdings, including the Belhaven’s of Wishaw, the Stewarts of Coltness, and the Lockharts of Castlehill. All three estates had houses designed by James Gillepsie Graham, although these are now in a state of ruin. A larger tomb, the Belhaven and Stenton mausoleum, is listed separately.