Old Market Cross, The Square, Wigtown is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Market cross.

Old Market Cross, The Square, Wigtown

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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
Market cross
OS grid reference
NX 432 552
Coordinates
54.86781, -4.44359
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Market Cross in The Square, Wigtown, is likely from the 18th century and was repaired in the 19th century. It features a stone shaft that stands 10 feet high and has a diameter of 18 inches, with a slight curve known as entasis. The shaft is set on a simple square base and has a band two-thirds of the way up, along with a neck ring. At the top, there is a much-weathered square block sundial that has dials on each face, although the worn Roman numerals and gnomons are missing. The cross is crowned with a molded hemispherical finial, which was damaged in 1991.

Local climate

Old Market Cross, The Square, Wigtown sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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