Burial Ground, Kirkmichael Parish Church is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1972.
Burial Ground, Kirkmichael Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- heavy-granite-plover
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1972
- OS grid reference
- NJ 143 238
- Coordinates
- 57.29718, -3.42249
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The burial ground dates to 1807 and was renovated in 1951 following damage by fire. The church itself is a simple rectangular building constructed of coursed rubble with tooled dressings. The south elevation features four round-headed windows, each with iron shutter hinges. A projecting gabled porch is located at the centre of the east gable, which also incorporates a former gallery window above and a small, re-set stone mask in the gablet. A bellcote sits at the apex of the west gable and the roof is slate, using re-used roofing materials from a former Free Church in Craggan.
The interior was re-cast in 1951 and incorporates re-used pews and fittings from the same former Free Church. A new pulpit and Minister's chair were added that year.
The burial ground is enclosed by a rubble wall and contains 19th and 20th century tombstones, some made from excellent quality local slate. A pair of simple gatepiers mark the entrance. The building remains in ecclesiastical use and is located within the Cairngorms National Park.
Local climate
Burial Ground, Kirkmichael Parish Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 81 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 62 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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