Monument record MHG31465 - Assynt Old Parish Church Burial Ground, Inchnadamph

See also: NC22SW0005 Church & Mausoleum
J Aitken : 07/01/03
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'Sutherland Monumental Inscriptions', pre 1855
Monumental inscription survey completed by A.S.Cowper & I.Ross.
The survey may not include inscription information after 1855 and each inscription transcribed does not give the full details that appear on the stones, abbreviations used. Some ommissions and inacuracies. First published 1989, reprinted 1991, 1996 & 1999. <1>

Proposal to re-schedule from Historic Scotland received 20/10/02.The re-scheduling will include the churchyard in which church stands and site of any structure(s) which predate the vault.
See assoc. docs. File for NC22SW0005. <2>

NB scheduled area altered 31/07/2003 <3>

Church being repaired to form visitor centre, plans to restore the cemetery as follow up project. Small with Macleod vault in centre, apparently another larger monument now gone. Generally small 19th century gravestones although still a few plots available for modern use. Original entrances to cemetery infilled but visible. War memorial (to RAF bomber crew) on outside of cemetery wall beside gate. <4>

Historic Assynt are proposing to carry out recording and evaluation of the deposits overlying the roof of the Macleod Vault. A project design for this work has been prepared. <5>

Visited by the Assynt's Hidden Lives project in November 2009. The building measures 15m x 6m and is aligned E/W with an attached walled area at the W end measuring c. 5m x 5 m. It is surrounded by stone boundary walls which also encompass the graveyard, c. 32m x 26 m from north to south. Exterior walls are pebble-dashed and whitewashed. The gable ends at E and W are up to 7.5m high, the main entrance is in the south wall. There is a spire at the west end. Four windows are present on the south side, two on the north side. A royal air force commemorative monument is located at the west corner of the enclosing wall. <6>