Buchanan Burial Ground, Ross Priory is a Grade B listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 February 1997. Burial ground. 1 related planning application.
Buchanan Burial Ground, Ross Priory
- WRENN ID
- little-zinc-fen
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1997
- Type
- Burial ground
- OS grid reference
- NS 419 874
- Coordinates
- 56.05337, -4.54023
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Buchanan Burial Ground at Ross Priory dates from the 18th century and is a square-plan enclosed burial ground located in woods to the southeast of the house. The entrance is situated at the center of the northwest wall, with a memorial positioned against the southeast wall.
The memorial features a gothick design, consisting of wall memorials with gabletted piers that frame a three-centred arch niche. The arch ring has cusped detailing, and there is a gabletted pedestal base for a plain cross finial. Inside the niche is a simple white marble incised slab, which contains the names "Hector McDonald and Jean Buchanan, 1733," though these names have faded over time. Yew trees frame the memorial, adding to its solemnity.
The gatepiers are made of droved ashlar and feature a sunken panel and corniced caps topped with large ball finials on tapered pedestals. The boundary wall is constructed of rubble with ashlar slab coping, although it has collapsed in places.
Local climate
Buchanan Burial Ground, Ross Priory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,630 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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