Martyrs' Monument, Hallhill, Kirkpatrick Irongray is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971.
Martyrs' Monument, Hallhill, Kirkpatrick Irongray
- WRENN ID
- swift-turret-magpie
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- OS grid reference
- NX 909 796
- Coordinates
- 55.09963, -3.70999
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Martyrs' Monument stands on the summit of a hillock in Kirkpatrick Irongray. The original monument, erected in 1685, is a flat slab memorial, featuring an upright panel topped with an urn finial and acroteria. In 1851, the monument was enclosed by plain iron railings set upon a red ashlar coping. Obelisk piers mark the angles of the railings. Both the original monument and the later railings are inscribed. A commemorative service was held on 27th July 1851 to mark the enclosure. The monument has been documented in the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland inventory of 1914 (no. 327), the New Statistical Account, and in a local guide dating from around 1900, which includes a photograph.
Local climate
Martyrs' Monument, Hallhill, Kirkpatrick Irongray sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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