Dingwall Fordyce Monument, Hill Of Culsh is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Monument.

Dingwall Fordyce Monument, Hill Of Culsh

WRENN ID
ruined-arch-jet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NJ 881 482
Coordinates
57.52468, -2.2002
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dingwall Fordyce Monument, designed by James Matthews in 1876 and built in 1877, is a memorial to William Dingwall Fordyce, M.P. (1836-1875). This structure is a Georgian survival featuring a steeple of Gibbs type. The ground floor is made of pinned squared granite and includes a triple keyblocked archway leading to a spiral stair within a brick well. The upper two stages and the spire are constructed from granite ashlar.

Local climate

Dingwall Fordyce Monument, Hill Of Culsh receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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