Black Watch War Memorial, Powrie is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 December 1991. War memorial.

Black Watch War Memorial, Powrie

WRENN ID
fossil-glass-grove
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 December 1991
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NO 416 344
Coordinates
56.49887, -2.94888
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Black Watch War Memorial in Powrie was designed by Scott Sutherland and created by H.H. Martyn & Co. of Cheltenham in 1959, as indicated by its inscription and date. The memorial features a bronze statue of a soldier from the Black Watch, which stands on a polished ashlar sandstone pedestal. This pedestal is elevated on a dais that is accessed by seven wide steps made of brick and concrete. The memorial is surrounded by low concrete coped rubble walls.

Local climate

Black Watch War Memorial, Powrie receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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