Hislop's Grave, Craighaugh is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. 1 related planning application.

Hislop's Grave, Craighaugh

WRENN ID
stranded-cinder-cedar
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
OS grid reference
NY 248 986
Coordinates
55.27598, -3.18516
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dated 1702, with repairs undertaken in 1825 and 1884, Hislop's Grave is a memorial located at Craighaugh. The monument consists of an inscribed flat stone raised on upright slabs set on a tomb chest arrangement. The vertical end slabs are likely from the 1825 repair, while the longer slabs probably date from 1884. All elements are constructed from ashlar. The inscription reads "Here lyes Andr. Hyslop/martyr shot dead upon this place by Sir James Johnston of We(ste)rhall/and John Graham of C/laverhouse...... May 12 1685......"; along with "Repaired by subscription April 1825" and "Repaired by Wm Hoope Esq from Liverpool July 1884".

Local climate

Hislop's Grave, Craighaugh 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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