Murray's Monument is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Monument.
Murray's Monument
- WRENN ID
- small-baluster-rush
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NX 487 718
- Coordinates
- 55.01818, -4.36679
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Murray's Monument is an obelisk monument built in 1835. It is made of rusticated granite and features a truncated apex, a corniced pedestal, and a chamfered base. On the south face of the pedestal, there is a polished granite panel inscribed with details about Alexander Murray, who was the Minister of Urr from 1806 to 1813 and a Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Edinburgh from 1812 to 1813. The inscription notes that he was born at Dunkitterick on 22 October 1775 and died in Edinburgh on 15 April 1813, and it mentions that he was raised as a shepherd boy on the nearby hillsides. The monument was erected by his countrymen in 1835, largely due to the efforts and skill of James Stewart, Esq of Cairnsmore, on whose property the monument stands.
Local climate
Murray's Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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