Agnew Monument, Tor Of Craigoch is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972.
Agnew Monument, Tor Of Craigoch
- WRENN ID
- tilted-span-khaki
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1972
- OS grid reference
- NX 008 646
- Coordinates
- 54.93666, -5.11039
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Agnew Monument, dated 1850, is a tower monument positioned on the summit of Tor of Craigoch, making it a prominent landmark. Constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings, the monument comprises four stages and a square plan. Diagonal buttresses rise to midway through the third stage, and a quoin strip defines the edges above. A stepped, coped course marks the transition between the first and second stages, while a band course sits between the third and fourth. Raised margins frame blinded, narrow lights, with a window opening on each face at the second, third, and fourth stages. An ashlar panel on the south face displays the Agnew crest and an inscription reading "Erected by a few of the inhabitants of this district and other friends in memory of the late Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw... 1850". A similarly moulded ashlar panel on the north face bears an inscription that is now significantly weathered. The monument is topped with a corbelled crenellated parapet, with ridged coping that steps down at the centre of each face. The tower serves as a monument to Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw (1793 - 1849), with the north-facing panel commemorating his life and achievements.
Local climate
Agnew Monument, Tor Of Craigoch 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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