Site Report

WoSAS Pin 63783
NN 6216 0765

Stirling SMR Locality Number 327.02

Burial Ground NN 62180 07650
Buchanan of Leny burial enclosure with adjacent burial ground situated on a hillock at the confluence of the Eas Gobhain and Garbe Usige. The burial ground seems to date from the 19 th century as indicated by the gravestones. The site is bounded by mature oak trees and can prove to be inacccessbile at times as the surrounding land is liable to flood. Of good local interest and thus recognised at Category C(S). The grave yard is still used occasionally. Leny is named in a late 16th century text as the Kirk of Leny. It has been suggested that there was formerly a chapel of St. Norie here this but may be a confusion as the Norie family is a branch of the Buchanans. The rectangular burial enclosure is entered through a round arched entrance with a cast-iron gate situated to the south. A finial above the entrance reads 'The Buchanan Chapel 1214' but the enclosure would appear to be 18th century as the earliest memorial plaques date from 1724. The Buchanan family links with Leny Estate extend as far back as 1237. The surrounding burial ground includes a number of 19th and 20th century gravestones, with some contained within 3 railed enclosures. The graveyard is still used occasionally. As well as the trees which bound the site there is cast-iron fence running around the periphery.
Entered WoSAS (MOH), 24/03/11