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Burial Ground, St Peter's Church, Essil

A Category C Listed Building in Fochabers Lhanbryde, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6561 / 57°39'22"N

Longitude: -3.1082 / 3°6'29"W

OS Eastings: 333967

OS Northings: 863455

OS Grid: NJ339634

Mapcode National: GBR L8PH.8WN

Mapcode Global: WH6JB.7T5L

Plus Code: 9C9RMV4R+FP

Entry Name: Burial Ground, St Peter's Church, Essil

Listing Name: Essil Burial Ground

Listing Date: 24 March 1988

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 349308

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15641

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200349308

Location: Speymouth

County: Moray

Electoral Ward: Fochabers Lhanbryde

Parish: Speymouth

Traditional County: Morayshire

Tagged with: Cemetery

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Description

Roughly circular rubble walled burial ground on mounded site.
Entrance at E flanked by mid 19th century octagonal gatepiers
with shallow facetted caps and pair cast-iron gates. Various
17th, 18th and 19th century tombstones.

Statement of Interest

Site of Essil parish church; parish of Essil united with that

of Dipple in 1731 to form Speymouth parish. Alternative

spelling is Essle.

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