Murroes War Memorial, Murroes is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 December 1991. Memorial.

Murroes War Memorial, Murroes

WRENN ID
standing-oriel-twilight
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 December 1991
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NO 443 364
Coordinates
56.51638, -2.90559
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Murroes War Memorial, designed by Garden and Co of Aberdeen around 1920, features a tall, tapered shaft that stands on a rectangular plinth and base. It is made of granite with coarse vermiculated dressing, including some polished panels and inscriptions. At the top section, there is a relief of a lion rampant. The memorial is surrounded by a rubble enclosing wall, with a post and chain at the front.

Local climate

Murroes War Memorial, Murroes receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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