Monigaff Old Parish Church Burial Ground, Heron Monument is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Burial enclosure, monument.
Monigaff Old Parish Church Burial Ground, Heron Monument
- WRENN ID
- night-cellar-primrose
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- Type
- Burial enclosure, monument
- OS grid reference
- NX 409 665
- Coordinates
- 54.96834, -4.48551
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Heron Monument, dated 1761, is a classical monument and burial enclosure located to the west in the graveyard of Monigaff Parish Church. It commemorates the Heron family and is constructed from red sandstone.
The monument features a modillioned pediment with a die and urn on top, supported by paired Corinthian columns. It has a decorated frieze and paired Corinthian pilasters flanking a central panel. The inscription panel, dated 1761, is framed by a shouldered architrave, with an armorial panel above it and egg and dart moulding. Massive consoles flank the structure.
The enclosure consists of balustraded walls, with corniced and channelled piers to the east and a wrought-iron gate.
Local climate
Monigaff Old Parish Church Burial Ground, Heron Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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