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Old Parish Church And Burial Ground, Dipple

A Category C Listed Building in Fochabers Lhanbryde, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6062 / 57°36'22"N

Longitude: -3.1256 / 3°7'32"W

OS Eastings: 332837

OS Northings: 857908

OS Grid: NJ328579

Mapcode National: GBR L8NM.6Y7

Mapcode Global: WH6JP.Y2SW

Plus Code: 9C9RJV4F+FQ

Entry Name: Old Parish Church And Burial Ground, Dipple

Listing Name: Dipple Burial Ground

Listing Date: 24 March 1988

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 349305

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15639

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200349305

Location: Speymouth

County: Moray

Electoral Ward: Fochabers Lhanbryde

Parish: Speymouth

Traditional County: Morayshire

Tagged with: Church building Cemetery

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Description

Circular rubble walled burial ground dated 1732 and 1811,
repaired 1869; entrance at E flanked by simple stone steps
built into walling. 18th and 19th century tombstones; mural
memorials dated 1794 and 1818 incorporated in fragments of
former Dipple church walling.

Statement of Interest

Site of Dipple parish church; parish of Dipple united with

that of Essil in 1731 to form Speymouth parish.

Datestones set in wall by mural steps record the building

of the burial ground wall in 1732 by Katherine Scot,

daughter of late Minister. Re-built 1811, repaired 1869

by subscription.

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