Maconochies Of Meadowbank Burial Enclosure, Kirknewton Burial Ground is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971.

Maconochies Of Meadowbank Burial Enclosure, Kirknewton Burial Ground

WRENN ID
salt-wicket-thunder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
OS grid reference
NT 114 669
Coordinates
55.88738, -3.41786
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Maconochies of Meadowbank burial enclosure is located within Kirknewton Burial Ground. Dating to the 17th or 18th century, it is an oblong structure built of random rubble, with a rear wall of ashlar. Originally roofed, it is now open to the elements, although a broken pediment remains, inset above the doorway. The interior is overgrown. It served as the burial place of the Maconochies of Meadowbank (formerly Camballs of Inverness, Argyll) from 1662 until 1790.

Local climate

Maconochies Of Meadowbank Burial Enclosure, Kirknewton Burial Ground sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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