Martyr's Monument is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Monument.

Martyr's Monument

WRENN ID
twisted-mullion-owl
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 884 070
Coordinates
55.34456, -3.76105
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Martyr's Monument, dated 1836, is an upright slab monument located on a hillside. It features a cornice and pediment, topped with an urn finial, and has an inscribed panel on its south face. The monument is made of painted ashlar and is enclosed by simple iron railings that sit on a rubble-built base.

Local climate

Martyr's Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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