Pluscarden Abbey, Burial Ground
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Pluscarden Abbey, Burial Ground
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 272744
Site Number NJ15NW 6.07
NGR NJ 14270 57689
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272744
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ15NW 6.07 14270 57689
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
Address: Pluscarden Abbey, Pluscarden, Elgin, Moray
Postcode: IV30 8TZ
Status: In current use for burials
Size: 0.21 hectares, 0.53 acres
Polygon: Yes
TOIDs: 1000000172395860, 1000000172395866, 1000000172395867, 1000000172395868, 1000000172395870
Number of gravestones: 79
Earliest gravestone: 1954
Most recent gravestone: 1997
Description: Graveyard associated with a monastic site/religious house. A new burial ground has been opened to the east of the Abbey. The memorials in the new burial gound are all in the form of wooden crosses. The outside wooden crosses are very simple engraved crosses, the older ones already showing signs of rot etc.
Data Sources: Graveyard Recording Form, 3 August 2002; OS MasterMap checked 9 June 2005
