Monument To Henry Duncan, Mount Kedar is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Monument.
Monument To Henry Duncan, Mount Kedar
- WRENN ID
- odd-shingle-wren
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NY 071 715
- Coordinates
- 55.0298, -3.45352
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Monument to Henry Duncan, designed by architect James Raeburn and built by mason Alexander Crombie, was erected in 1846. This tall obelisk stands on a square base that features arched and vaulted elements, with a battered and corniced design. Each face of the base has a round-arched opening with an architrave and keystone, along with inscription panels on the frieze. The east and west faces have a block pediment, with the west face displaying a bronze medallion bust surrounded by a wreath. The entire structure is made of red ashlar.
Local climate
Monument To Henry Duncan, Mount Kedar sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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