Signpost At Junction Of A702 And B729, Kirkland is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 November 2004. Signpost.

Signpost At Junction Of A702 And B729, Kirkland

WRENN ID
salt-tower-plover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 November 2004
Type
Signpost
OS grid reference
NX 812 902
Coordinates
55.19251, -3.86638
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This signpost, located at the junction of the A702 and B729 in Kirkland, is likely from the inter-war period and has had later extensions added to its arms. It features a painted cast-iron structure with three arms. The post is tapered and painted in black and white stripes, with a faceted lower half and a cylindrical upper half. It includes ring shafts, a ball finial, and a small shield that displays the raised letters "DCC." The arms of the signpost are made of white-painted cast iron with black raised lettering and black-painted edges, and there are later extensions at the ends of the arms indicating road numbers.

Local climate

Signpost At Junction Of A702 And B729, Kirkland 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 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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