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
- OS grid reference
- NH 787 020
- Coordinates
- 57.09325, -4.00212
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Obelisk and Burial Ground at Balavil, dating from around 1796, features a short obelisk made from various materials. It has a white marble plinth adorned with a relief portrait of James MacPherson on the north side and a weeping woman on the south side. The plinth is topped with a grey marble cornice, which supports a slate obelisk that has a white marble crest on the north facet and an urn at the apex.
The burial ground includes a circular burial enclosure from the later 19th century, surrounded by decorative spearhead cast-iron railings set on a low ashlar coped rubble wall. There are also two slender cast-iron piers that support a matching pair of gates.
Within the burial ground, there are various MacPherson tombstones, the earliest of which is dated 1876.
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