Old Market Cross, The Square, Glamis is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Column.

Old Market Cross, The Square, Glamis

WRENN ID
rooted-plinth-torch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Column
Address
Old Market Cross, The Square, Glamis, DD8 1RS
OS grid reference
NO 385 467
Coordinates
56.60836, -3.00347
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Market Cross in The Square, Glamis, is a 17th century column that was re-erected in 1976. It features a base and finial designed by Gordon Burnett from Edinburgh. The structure stands on three circular steps and has a plain 12-foot high columnar shaft, a moulded cap, and a stone lion holding a shield.

Local climate

Old Market Cross, The Square, Glamis sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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