Monument to Dead in Civil War Skirmish is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Monument.
Monument to Dead in Civil War Skirmish
- WRENN ID
- narrow-plinth-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Dead in Civil War Skirmish, Barber's Bridge, Rudford and Highleadon
- OS grid reference
- SO 772 221
- Coordinates
- 51.89767, -2.33142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the dead in the Civil War skirmish was built in 1871 for W. P. Price. It is made of rock-faced ashlar with dressed margins at the horizontal joints and corners in the upper part. The structure features a square needle on a base, with three rock-faced steps leading up to a smooth ashlar plinth that has an inscription on all four faces and a chamfered top. The tapering needle is ten courses high, has a steeply chamfered top, and carries a stone cross. The inscription is presented in both English and Welsh. The stones used for the monument were taken from the old walls of the City of Gloucester. It commemorates Lord Herbert's Welsh force, who were killed in battle with Parliamentarian soldiers under Sir William Waller and Colonel Massey in 1643, with their remains discovered shortly before the monument was erected. The monument is very prominent by the main road.
Local climate
Monument to Dead in Civil War Skirmish receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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