War Memorial, Law Hill, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1993. War memorial.

War Memorial, Law Hill, Dundee

WRENN ID
fading-wattle-tallow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 1993
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NO 391 312
Coordinates
56.46974, -2.98935
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The War Memorial at Law Hill in Dundee, designed by Thomas Braddock in 1921, is a notable landmark. It is made of granite ashlar and features a stepped and battered square-section monument that stands on a circular plinth. The monument is inscribed in memory of the Dundee men who fell in the two world wars. At the top, there is a cylindrical lantern with a bronze brazier. Additionally, a bronze door that bears the arms of Dundee is deeply set into the monument.

Local climate

War Memorial, Law Hill, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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