Liddell's Monument, Dyce is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Monument.

Liddell's Monument, Dyce

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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NJ 869 151
Coordinates
57.22731, -2.21819
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Liddell's Monument in Dyce is a square granite ashlar structure dated 1637. It was erected in memory of Duncan Lidell, who lived from 1561 to 1613. He served as the Rector of Julian University and was a Physician to the Court of Brunswick. The monument features an upper section that is recessed and includes an inscription along with armorial panels. It is topped with a pyramid and a finial.

Local climate

Liddell's Monument, Dyce receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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