The Dorset Martyrs Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 2017. A Late 20th century Public sculpture.
The Dorset Martyrs Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rooted-eave-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 2017
- Type
- Public sculpture
- Address
- The Dorset Martyrs Memorial, Gallows Hill, South Walk, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SY 696 904
- Coordinates
- 50.71281, -2.43159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dorset Martyrs Memorial is a public sculpture created by Elisabeth Frink, which honors individuals executed for their religious beliefs in the 16th and 17th centuries at Gallows Hill in Dorchester. Designed in 1983, it was installed in 1986 on the site of the former gallows.
The memorial features three larger-than-life bronze cast figures, each with a flat rectangular base, arranged in a triangular formation facing inward. They are situated on stone setts laid in a circular pattern, with a circular bronze plaque at the center. The plaque bears the raised lettering that reads 'FOR / CHRIST / AND / CONSCIENCE / SAKE'.
Local climate
The Dorset Martyrs Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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