Monument South of Green Rig is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Monument.
Monument South of Green Rig
- WRENN ID
- winter-cinder-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument South of Green Rig, Nicholforest
- OS grid reference
- NY 489 786
- Coordinates
- 55.09974, -2.80176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a monument erected in memory of William Forster, who was shot on this spot on September 26, 1891, at the age of 38 (or possibly 68 years). The inscription reads: "THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM FORSTER, BROWN KNOWE," followed by a religious text. The monument features a calciferous sandstone stepped plinth and a polished Dalbeattie granite shaft, topped by a tall tapering calciferous sandstone column. It is surrounded by a low wall with cast iron speared railings. William Forster was a gamekeeper who was shot by a poacher. The monument is located on the boundary between Nicholforest and Bewcastle civil parishes.
Local climate
Monument South of Green Rig sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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