Kirkyard And War Memorial, Harray Kirk is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 December 1977. Church.

Kirkyard And War Memorial, Harray Kirk

WRENN ID
waiting-gargoyle-gorse
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 December 1977
Type
Church
OS grid reference
HY 313 179
Coordinates
59.0426, -3.19794
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Kirkyard and War Memorial at Harray Kirk, dated 1836, features a plain oblong church that is harled. It has a gabled roof and a belfry, along with round-headed windows.

Local climate

Kirkyard And War Memorial, Harray Kirk sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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