Mercer Burial Ground, Glenalmond is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 June 1982. Burial ground.
Mercer Burial Ground, Glenalmond
- WRENN ID
- moated-banister-amber
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1982
- Type
- Burial ground
- OS grid reference
- NN 957 285
- Coordinates
- 56.43732, -3.69201
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Mercer Burial Ground in Glenalmond is a burial enclosure built in 1877 for the Mercer family from Perth. It features a railed enclosure with two square gatepiers that have coped tops. These gatepiers bear tablets inscribed with information about the Mercer family's history. The original finials, which depict storks holding sea serpents, were restored in 1983.
Local climate
Mercer Burial Ground, Glenalmond sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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