Macgregor Of Glengyle Burial Enclosure, Glengyle House is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Burial enclosure. 2 related planning applications.
Macgregor Of Glengyle Burial Enclosure, Glengyle House
- WRENN ID
- tangled-lancet-sunrise
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Burial enclosure
- Address
- Macgregor Of Glengyle Burial Enclosure, Glengyle House, FK8 3UA
- OS grid reference
- NN 385 135
- Coordinates
- 56.28649, -4.61003
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Macgregor Of Glengyle Burial Enclosure is an 18th century small square-plan burial site located on rising ground to the northwest of Glengyle House, which is listed separately. This enclosure may have been established on the site of a 17th century burial ground and has a close historical connection to the MacGregor family of Glengyle. Notably, the legendary Rob Roy MacGregor was born at Glengyle in 1671, although he is buried at The Old Parish Church in Balquhidder, which is also listed separately.
The exterior of the burial enclosure is simple, featuring unornamented walls with a ball finial at each corner. Access is through a segmentally headed doorway on the southwest side. Inside, there are several table tombs, gravestones, and wall-mounted memorial plaques that appear to date from the 19th century. A weathered red sandstone figurative memorial from around the 17th century has been inserted into the wall. Dominating the enclosure is a large Celtic Cross that oversails the walls, which also seems to date from the 19th century. A simple memorial plaque honors Colonel Gregor MacGregor 'Ghlune Dhu', who was Rob Roy's nephew and participated in the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 and 1745; he died in 1777 at the age of 88.
The materials used in the construction include random rubble, ashlar copes, and moulded sandstone ball finials.
Local climate
Macgregor Of Glengyle Burial Enclosure, Glengyle House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 74 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 54 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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