Bruce's Stone, Loch Trool is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 July 2016. Commemorative monument.
Bruce's Stone, Loch Trool
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-sentry-saffron
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 July 2016
- Type
- Commemorative monument
- OS grid reference
- NX 415 803
- Coordinates
- 55.09217, -4.48385
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Bruce's Stone is a commemorative monument dated 1929. It consists of a large, single piece of Loch Doon granite set on a base made of smaller granite stones that are cemented together. The monument is located in an elevated and prominent position on the north side of Loch Trool, overlooking the loch. The polished area on the north face of the large boulder is inscribed with the words: 'In loyal remembrance of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, whose victory in this glen over an English force in March 1307, opened the campaign of independence which he brought to a decisive close at Bannockburn on 24 June 1314.' The south face bears the inscription 'Unveiled 5 June 1929.'
Local climate
Bruce's Stone, Loch Trool sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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