A small walled burial ground preserves the site of an early parish church, old granite gatepiers and a concentrated group of local memorials.
Quick facts
- Date
- Church site of 1624; gatepiers early to mid 18th century; memorials mainly 18th and 19th century
- Architect / designer
- Multiple local masons and memorial sculptors
- Type
- Rubble-walled historic burial ground with granite gatepiers and memorial stones
- Designation
- Listed building, Category C (LB36277)
- OS grid reference
- NH 75859 00673
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
Rubble walls enclose the burial ground, entered between squared granite piers with moulded cornices, stepped caps and surviving ball finial. Within are a modest number of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century gravestones rather than a standing church building.
Its story
A parish church stood here by 1624 on a site sometimes associated with an earlier religious foundation. The church disappeared, but its burial ground, gatepiers and memorials preserved the place within the later town. A 2015 watching brief accompanied repair of part of the wall.
Why it is included
Category C status recognises the enclosure as an important surviving fragment of pre-planned Kingussie and a tangible focus for local memory and burial history.
What to notice
- The early granite gatepiers and their stepped caps.
- Rubble boundary walls defining the compact enclosure.
- Variation in lettering, stone and form among the surviving memorials.
Reading the surroundings
Treat the enclosure as a burial place. Use established access, do not lean on stones or walls, and avoid rubbing, cleaning or moving memorials.
Timeline
- 1624 A parish church is documented on the site later retained as the old burial ground.
- 18th century Granite gatepiers were erected at the entrance to the enclosure.
- 1970–74 A survey recorded pre-1855 monumental inscriptions within the churchyard.
- September 2015 Archaeologists monitored repair work to part of the listed boundary wall.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The proposed early-priory association is not proven, and this record does not present it as established fact.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Old Parish Churchyard, LB36277 — Designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Highland Historic Environment Record: Old Parish Churchyard — Local-authority archaeological record, monument identity and inscription-survey reference.
- Highland Historic Environment Record: 2015 watching brief — Documented archaeological monitoring during boundary-wall repair.
Location
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