Larganlee Martyrs Monument is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990. Monument.

Larganlee Martyrs Monument

WRENN ID
little-steeple-soot
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 April 1990
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NX 810 750
Coordinates
55.05594, -3.86438
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Larganlee Martyrs Monument is a granite obelisk built in 1843, standing approximately 15 feet high. It features a moulded hand at the top and is inscribed with the words 'to the memory of William Herron, John Gordon, William Stewart and John Wallace who were shot by Capt Bruce, 1685.' A rubble walled enclosure located a few hundred yards away contains the gravestones of the martyrs.

Local climate

Larganlee Martyrs Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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