Obelisk And Burial Ground, Balavil is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Obelisk, burial ground.

Obelisk And Burial Ground, Balavil

WRENN ID: burning-gargoyle-yarrow
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Cairngorms National Park
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 5 October 1971
Type: Obelisk, burial ground
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1796, short obelisk of various materials; white marble

plinth with relief portrait of James MacPherson (N) and

weeping woman (S); grey marble cornice to plinth, both

supporting slate obelisk with white marble crest on N

facet; apex urn.

Burial ground; later 19th century circular burial enclosure;

decorative spearhead cast-iron railings on low ashlar

coped rubble wall; pair slender cast-iron piers with

matching pair gates.

Various MacPherson tombstones, the earliest dated 1876.

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